| richardhutnik said: People around the suspect where shocked it happened. They didn't see it coming, according to news reports. I seriously suggest people wait before passing judgement on this. |
In response to a reporter's question, Tsarnaeva said that the older brother (who is now deceased) had recently become a devout Muslim, which she characterized as him starting to pray five times a day about two years ago. But it should be noted that the aunt doesn't believe her nephew had become an extremist: "He has a wife in Boston and from a Christian family, so you can't tie it to religion," she said.
His uncle has said similar things. I'm not saying people who knew him expected him to turn terrorist. Like his aunt said, she doesn't believe he did it. I'm saying they noted a sudden increasing devotion to his religion. That is textbook jihadist behavior.
Not jumping to conclusions is one thing. Pretending to be blind in the face of a mountain of evidence is another.
