Boston bomber arrest photo: When Boston Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured on Friday night after a two-hour standoff, an apparent photo was taken of his arrest, which circulated across Twitter and other media sites.
The photo appears to show Tsarnaev, 19, lying on the ground as authorities search him.
His face appears to be smeared or covered with blood and there are spots dotting his sweatshirt.
Tsarnaev’s hands also look to be handcuffed behind his back.
It is unclear who took the photo, but it appears that a medic or a police officer may have been responsible.
As reporter Jon Delano pointed out, “Whoever took this pic of Tsarnaev likely violated HIPAA rules and police/medic policy,” he tweeted.
The New York Times reported that Tsarnaev’s condition on Saturday was described as serious as federal prosecutors are drafting a criminal complaint against him.
Tsarnaev was wounded in the neck and the leg, losing lots of blood when he was captured on Friday, according to the paper.
After his capture, Tsarnaev, who was found in a boat in Watertown, Mass., was sent to the heavily guarded Beth Israel hospital for treatment.
If he is able, Tsarnaev could appear in court on Saturday for arraignment, reported CNN.
His older brother and the other suspect in the bombing, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was killed early on Friday during a shoot out with police. Law enforcement officials are looking to see what happened when Tsarnaev went back to Russia for six months in 2012 to see if he met up with extremists, according to the Times.
“It’s a key thread for investigators and the intelligence community to pull on,” Kevin R. Brock, a former senior FBI official, told the Times.
Both brothers are accused of detonating two bombs on Monday’s marathon, killing three people and wounding 170.
