U.S. charges Kyrgyzstan national with hampering Boston bombing probe

by Reuters
Friday, 30 May 2014 12:22 GMT

BOSTON, May 30 (Reuters) - U.S. officials on Friday charged a Kyrgyzstani national who bought dinner for the accused Boston Marathon bombers the night of the attack with interfering with the investigation into the deadly bombing.

The man, Khairullozhon Matanov, a 23-year-old taxi driver who lives in Quincy, Massachusetts, faces one criminal count of destroying records and three of lying to investigators in a terrorism investigation, according to court papers.

Prosecutors said Matanov had been friends with accused bombers Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, spoke with both in the days after the blast but lied to police about the extent of his relationship with the pair. (Reporting by Scott Malone)

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