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April 20th, 2013 
Peter Nolan
A letter addressed to Obama tests positive for the deadly poison ricin,
according to the FBI, but authorities deny any links to the Boston attacks.
– WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17: US authorities deny media reports that an
individual has been arrested in connection to the bombings, but police said
they had images of a suspect from surveillance video and still images taken
around the finish line at the time of the blasts.
– THURSDAY, APRIL 18: Obama attends a special interfaith service
at a Boston cathedral with victims, rescuers, and city and state leaders. He
vows a relentless hunt for those who killed Martin Richard, 8; Krystle
Campbell, 29; and Lu Lingzi, a 23-year-old Chinese national, saying “we
will find you”.
The FBI releases pictures and video of two men suspected of involvement in the
attacks, appealing to the public to help identify them.
In the evening, a campus police officer is shot dead at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology as a shoot-out erupts with the suspected
perpetrators of the attacks. Another police officer is injured.
– FRIDAY, APRIL 19: One of the two Boston bombing suspects is
killed after a shoot-out with police, in the Boston suburb of Watertown.
He is identified as 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, an ethnic Chechen.
A major manhunt is launched to find his brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, during
which all public transport in Boston is brought to a standstill, schools are
closed and residents told to keep their doors closed.
Shortly after 7.30pm (0030 GMT Saturday), Boston Police say Dzhokhar is in
custody following a stand-off at a house in the city’s suburbs. People in
the area greet the news with loud cheers and applause.
“CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over.
And justice has won. Suspect in custody,” Boston Police tweeted shortly
after the initial announcement.
Boston police chief Ed Davis says Dzhokhar is in hospital in serious
condition. He was captured thanks to a tip from a local resident who found
the suspect in a boat in a backyard “covered in blood”.
Obama says: “We will determine what happened. We will investigate any
associations that these terrorists may have had. And we’ll continue to do
whatever we have to do to keep our people safe.”
Edited for Telegraph.co.uk by Barney
Henderson
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