A supporter of the convicted Boston Marathon bomber’s mother says the woman has cursed the United States in a ‘WhatsApp’ text message.
“They think that they are killing us and they celebrate this, but we are the ones who will rejoice when Allah grants us the chance to behold them in the flames of an eternal and terrifying fire, an otherworldly flame,” she reportedly said in Russian.
Tsarnaeva sent several distraught messages this weekend to loved ones after her 21-year-old son received the death penalty for his role in the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013, Vocativ reported.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s mother, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva is wanted in the US on an outstanding criminal warrant for shoplifting and has not returned to America since Tsarnaev was arrested in April 2013.
A Federal Judge is set to formally sentence Tsarnaev to death next month after hearing from about 20 victims.
Judge George O’Toole Jr. said during a status conference Tuesday that Tsarnaev’s formal sentencing hearing will be scheduled some time in June. He did not set an exact date.
The Prosecutor in the case says 20 victims have asked to speak at the sentencing hearing. Tsarnaev will also be given the opportunity to speak.
Below is a video from the mother’s press conference.
