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Live Suspect Is A 19-Year-Old College Student Named Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

The surving bombing suspect has been named as Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, of Cambridge, Mass, AP reported.

Dzhokhar is the younger brother of 26-year old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was shot and killed in a gun battle with Boston police Thursday night that also ended in the death of an MIT police officer. 

Dzhokhar was a registered student at UMass Dartmouth, the university confirmed.  

A biology student at UMass Dartmouth described Tsarnaev as "quiet," SouthCoastToday.com reports.

A high school senior named Dzhokhar Tsarnaev won a $2,500 scholarship from the city of Cambridge in 2011, according to a Cambridge government website. 

In February 2011, a Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was named Student Athelete Of The Month at a Cambridge school.

The brothers are reportedly of Chechen background, and possibly from Turkey, and have reportedly been here legally.

They are not, as some previously speculated, connected to a missing Brown University student.

A Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev of Cambridge won city scholarships according to a Cambridge government website

In February 2011, a Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was named Student Athelete Of The Month at a Cambridge school.

It's not clear if the Boston bombing suspect and this Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are the same person. 

A page on VK.com (A Russian Facebook) bears the same name (with different transliteration) as the suspect.

Here are some translations from that page:

Meanwhile, for more on his dead older brother, see here.

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