WASHINGTON: Alleged Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told investigators he and his brother originally planned to commit suicide attacks during Fourth of July celebration, reports said on Thursday.

The ethnic Chechen brothers considered striking during Bos-ton’s large city celebrations to mark the Fourth of July but aborted the plan after building their pressure-cooker bombs quicker than expected.

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