Ruslan Tsarni, uncle of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, has spoken out to press about the situation in Boston — blasting his “loser” nephews but urging press not to blame Chechnya or Islam for the attack.
Speaking from outside his home in Montgomery Village, Maryland, a fiery Ruslan Tsarni spoke to gathered press members about his nephews.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is currently the subject of a manhunt of unprecedented scale in Massachusetts while Tamerlan Tsarnaev has died, reportedly of injuries sustained after his younger brother accidentally ran him down in a chaotic confrontation on the campus of MIT last night.
In the heated interview, Ruslan Tsarni blasted his nephews for potentially casting shame on Islam and Chechnya and urging surviving nephew Dzhokhar to surrender, saying: “Turn yourself in … Turn yourself in and ask for forgiveness … ask for forgiveness from these people.”
Tsarni said he had no idea his nephews may have been involved in such activities and would have turned them in himself had he known.
Of possible motivation, Tsarni said it was down to “being losers … hatred to those who were able to settle themselves.”
Ruslan Tsarni raged: “He put shame on the entire Chechnyan ethnicity … Anything else to do with Islam, it’s a fraud, it’s a fake.”
Tsarni also said: “Those who suffered, we share in them with their grief. I kneel in front of them seeking their forgiveness in name of family.”
Visibly angry, Tsarni professed a love for America and his life here, saying: “I respect this country. I love this country … This country gives chance to everybody else.”
Ruslan Tsarni requested press keep a distance from the home after the press conference.
RT @ tompelissero : Uncle Ruslan just stood up for his family, the victims, Chechans, Muslims and America at once. That was powerful stuff.
— Aaron (@abake6) April 19, 2013
