Boston Marathon jihadi murderer: “I am Muslim. My religion is Islam”

The victims of the Boston jihad bombing didn’t fall for Dzhokhar’s hollow apology, a feeble attempt to save his own worthless life.

Victims React to Boston Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Apology: ‘Nothing Sincere’

“I regret having ever wanted to hear him speak because what he said showed no remorse, no regret, and no empathy for what he’s done to our lives,” said Lynn Julian, who lives a block from the finish line where two bombs detonated on April 15, 2013, killing three and injuring more than 260.

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Judge George O’Toole told Tsarnaev he had embraced a cruel God, heeded the jihadist “siren song” and engaged in “monstrous self-deception” to carry out the bombings. The judge quoted works by Shakespeare and Verdi as he formally imposed the death sentence — a decision already made by a federal jury.

An emotional Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev apologized Wednesday at his sentencing hearing for the April 2013 terror attack that killed three people and wounded more than 260 others.

“I would like to apologize to the victims and the survivors,” said Tsarnaev, who was sentenced to death. “I did do it.”

If there is any lingering doubt, let there be no more. I did it, along with my brother. “I ask Allah to have mercy on me, my brother and my family…

Now, I am sorry for the lives that I’ve taken, for the suffering that I’ve caused you, for the damage that I’ve done. Irreparable damage.

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Allah said in the Quran that no soul is burdened with more than it can bear, and you told us just how unbearable it was, how horrendous it was, this thing I put you through,” he said. “I also wish that far more people had a chance to get up there (and speak), but I took them from you…”

 

“He can’t possibly have had a soul to do such a horrible thing,” said Karen Rand McWatters, who lost a leg in the attack and whose best friend, 29-year-old Krystle Campbell, was killed.

Campbell’s mother, Patricia Campbell, was the first person to address the court. She looked across the room at Tsarnaev, seated about 20 feet away, and spoke directly to him.

“What you did to my daughter is disgusting,” she said. “I don’t know what to say to you. I think the jury did the right thing.”

“He is a leech abusing the privilege of American freedom, and he spit in the face of the American dream,” said Jennifer Rogers, an older sister of slain MIT Officer Sean Collier.

Bill Richard, whose 8-year-old son Martin was the youngest person killed in the bombing, said Tsarnaev could have backed out of the plot and reported his brother to authorities.

Instead, Richard said, “He chose hate. He chose destruction. He chose death. This is all on him.”

“Tsarnaev apologizes for Boston Marathon bombing,” by Patricia Wen, Kevin Cullen, Milton J. Valencia, John R. Ellement and Martin Finucane, Boston Globe, June 24, 2015:
“I am sorry for the lives I have taken, for the suffering I have caused, and for the terrible damage I have done,” he said. He was hunched over and spoke with a slight accent.

It was the first time Tsarnaev’s voice has been heard in federal court in Boston, other than to enter his not-guilty plea. His statement came after hours of heartwrenching testimony from relatives of those killed in the bombing and survivors of the blasts.

“I am Muslim. My religion is Islam. I pray to Allah to bestow his mercy on those affected in the bombing and their families,” he said. “I pray for your healing.”

Marathon bombing survivors and family members of victims attended the sentencing hearing for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

“I ask Allah to have mercy on me, my brother, and my family,” he said in his brief statement to a silent courtroom. Tsarnaev’s brother, his partner in the attack, was killed in a confrontation with police.

Tsarnaev had taken a sharp turn from a partying college student to self-radicalized terrorist bent on striking a blow against the United States.

The two bombs planted by Tsarnaev and his brother on April 15, 2013, exploded near the finish line of a festive, world-renowned athletic event, killing three and injuring more than 260 others, including 17 who lost limbs.

Tsarnaev was also convicted in the slaying of an MIT police officer several days after the bombing and in a violent confrontation with police in Watertown shortly afterwards.