The Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United States asks not to call the Tsarnaev brothers "Czechs"

The Czech Ambassador to the United States Peter Gandalovich asked not to confuse the Czech Republic with Chechnya. The application is published on the Embassy website. It is due to the fact that many American users of social networks mistakenly ran into the Czechs of suspects of a terrorist attack during the Boston marathon of ethnic Chechens of the Tsarnaev brothers.

“As new data on the origin of suspects with a deep regret, I want to note that a regrettable mistake is often made in social media on this subject. The Czech Republic and Chechnya are two different entities. The Czech Republic is the East European state, and Chechnya is part of the Russian Federation,” the statement said. It emphasizes that the Czech Republic is an active and reliable US partner in the fight against terrorism.

Earlier on Saturday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan made a statement that it does not have information confirming information about the residence in the Republic of Johar and Tamerlana Tsarnaev. "According to media reports, explosions suspected of organizing explosions could live in different countries at different times, including Kazakhstan. Today we were not able to find actual evidence in confirmation of these rumors," the statement said.

It also emphasizes that the Kazakh authorities are ready to provide “maximum assistance” to American partners. "Kazakhstan decisively condemns terrorist acts in any form and expresses sincere solidarity with the inhabitants of Boston," the document says.

On Friday after the emergence of information about the involvement of the Tsarnaev brothers in the terrorist attack in Boston, the press secretary of Ramzan Kadyrov Alvi Karimov said that they were in no way connected with Chechnya, since they moved many years ago. As reported in the media, the Tsarnaev family lived in Kazakhstan for many years and emigrated to the United States about ten years ago. “Thus, the faces in question did not live in Chechnya in Chechnya, and if they became“ bad things ”, then this is a question for those who raised them,” he added.

On Saturday, Johar Tsarnaev was detained in the suburbs of Boston Watertaun. Tsarnaev was wounded, after his detention he was taken to the hospital. The operation to capture Tsarnaev lasted about 15 hours. The police reported on the detention on the official Twitter. The inhabitants of Boston took to the streets and welcomed the operatives with applause.

On the night of Friday, the Tsarnaev brothers tried to hide the car at the gas station. At the same time, a shootout occurred, during which a policeman was killed. Later, the police managed to block the Tsarnaevs on the territory of the Campus of the Massachusetts Technological Institute. As a result of the shootout, the elder brother Tamerlan was wounded. Johar managed to hide. At the same time, he moved by car of his wounded brother, NBC reported citing representatives of the Boston police. Tamerlan was taken to the hospital, where he soon died.

The Tsarnaev brothers became suspected of involvement in the terrorist attack on the finish of the Boston marathon after analyzing video recordings of surveillance cameras. On the record, it recorded how one of them leaves the bag at the scene. Investigators turned to the public with a request to assist in their identification.

After the detention of Johar Tsarnaev, President Barack Obama performed with an appeal. He praised the actions of the police. The investigation must be carried out carefully, he emphasized. “There are many questions. Why are the young people who grew up and studied here did this. How they prepared it, whether there was any help from the outside,” the president said. The "Russian trace" is not mentioned in Obama.