A man in Orlando, Fla., who was being interviewed early Wednesday
morning by law enforcement officers about his ties to the deceased
Boston Marathon bombing suspect was fatally shot after he tried to
attack the officers with a knife, according to a federal law enforcement
official.
The officers — who included an F.B.I. agent from the Boston field office
and two Massachusetts state troopers — were questioning the man,
Ibragim Todashev, about whether he had played a role in a triple murder
on Sept. 11, 2011, in Waltham, Mass., which had been one of the biggest
mysteries in the aftermath of the bombings.
The officers had been interviewing Mr. Todashev in his apartment for
some time when he tried to attack them, the official said. The shooting
occurred in a sprawling condominium complex in Orlando less than a mile
from an entrance to Universal Studios, where many of the residents work.
On Wednesday, several streets in the complex were blocked off by
federal and local law enforcement officials.
“The investigators were working on the theory that he and Tamerlan,” had
played a role in the murder, said the official, referring to Tamerlan
Tsarnaev, the deceased marathon bombing suspect. One of the victims was a
friend of Mr. Tsarnaev.
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