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Report: Montgomery Village Uncle Speaks After Capture of Dzhokar Tsarnaev

Ruslan Tsarni says he is happy Tsarnaev was alive when apprehended in Watertown, so he could seek forgiveness from the victims, WUSA 9 reported.

One of the Montgomery Village uncles of now-captured Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev says he's happy his nephew was captured alive, WUSA 9 reports.

Ruslan Tsarni hopes his nephew will seek forgiveness from the victims, according to the report.

Tsarni, who spoke publicly for the first time Friday morning while Boston and Watertown, MA, were on lockdown, originally reacted with anger toward his nephews' alleged actions. 

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“It is an atrocity,” Tsarni said Friday. “We're shocked."

"If they were involved, I'd be the first one to bring them into responsibility," he said.

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According to the report, Tsarni said now he would say to his nephew, "'Turn your voice to the families of the four and everyone who was injured. And secondly say everything you can about who manipulated you.'"

Read more and watch the full interview on WUSA 9.

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