Boston blasts suspects planned NY attack
The brothers accused of staging the Boston Marathon bombings planned to detonate more explosives in Times Square as they were being hunted by police, New York City officials said.
New York police chief Ray Kelly said the pair intended to use a pressure-cooker bomb -- similar to the two that erupted at the marathon -- as well as five pipe bombs and improvised grenades they still had on hand as they drove around in a hijacked black Mercedes.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev confessed the plan to Federal Bureau of Investigation agents in his hospital bed, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said, calling it a "horrific reminder that we remain targets for terrorists."
The pair -- accused of carrying out the April 15 attacks near the Boston Marathon finish line that killed three people and wounded 264 -- aimed to use their remaining explosives in Times Square, he added.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was killed in one shootout with police while Dzhokhar, critically wounded, was found hiding in a boat in a suburban backyard.
Tsarnaev was yesterday moved to a prison at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, from a hospital, the US Marshals Service said. Tsarnaev was charged on Monday. If convicted, he faces the possibility of the death penalty.
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