Uncle of Marathon Suspects is from Montgomery Village, Calls Events Shocking

Update (2 p.m.) The uncle of the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects told CBS that his nephews "do not deserve to live on this earth," The Huffington Post reports.

In what was described as an emotional interview with the Boston TV station, Ruslan Tsarni said he was shocked but "not sympathetic" to learn that his 26-year-old nephew Tamerlan had been killed.

"Unbelievable—he absolutely deserved this," Tsarni said between heavy breaths. "I always told those two, Islam has always been there, just do your business. Work, go to school, be useful. Know why you came to America ... I am not sympathizing with them."

Tsarni said he hasn't been in touch with the brothers since about 2009, and believes their parents moved back to Russia, according to The Huffington Post.

Read the full account at HuffingtonPost.com.

Update (12:15 p.m) The uncle of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects urged his surviving nephew to surrender to police. 

"Turn yourself in. Ask for forgiveness," Ruslan Tsarni said.

Tsarni expressed shock when addressing reporters outside his Montgomery Village home on Friday.

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

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

Tsarni said that on Thursday night his wife noticed pictures disseminated by the FBI. He was brought into the investigation Friday morning after being contacted by reporters.

"Of course we're ashamed,” Tsarni said. “They're children of my brother, who had little influence of them"

The bomb suspects are said to be brothers and Tsarni told Associated Press that the men lived together near Boston after traveling to the United States from Chechnya about a decade ago.

Tsarni told police that the second suspect is Tamerlan Tsarnaev, older brother of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who died in a gun battle with Boston-area police early Friday, according to the AP.

Update (10:15 a.m.): FBI agents and Montgomery County police went to the Montgomery Village home of the uncle of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects Friday morning to talk to him about his nephews, NBC Washington reported.

Officials arrived shortly before 9:30 a.m. to the home of Ruslan Tsarni to talk with his family and look at the home, according to the report.

Tsarni has confirmed information about at least one of the suspects, according to news reports.

The bomb suspects are said to be brothers and Tsarni told AP the men lived together near Boston after traveling to the United States from Chechnya about a decade ago.

Tsarni told police that the second suspect is Tamerlan Tsarnaev, older brother of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who died in a gun battle with Boston-area police early Friday, according to the Associated Press.

In an interview with WBZ-Boston, Tsarni said word of his nephews' alleged involvement stunned him. He first learned they were suspects when someone showed him their photos on AOL this morning.

"It absolutely shocked me, absolutely devastated me by this," he said. "Understanding, it's not comprehendible. It's not comprehendible in our family."

Neighbors tell NBC Washington Tsarni's family has lived in the Montgomery Village home for five to seven years. The family is pleasant and there have never been any problems in the neighborhood related to the family, according to the report.

"I feel like Boston is in my back yard," one neighbor told NBC's Today Show. 

Police spokesperson Janelle Smith said Montgomery County police are assisting with any local information in the bombings investigation.

"[The federal authorities are] in our county, so we're assisting," she said.

For more on the developing story, read Watertown Patch.

Clarification: This article has been updated from its original form to reflect that Montgomery County police are assisting federal law enforcement authorities in the county.

Rockville Patch editor Tiffany Arnold contributed to this report.