Suspects' Aunt: Those Photos Are Staged

Chechen President Issues Statement

"The events that took place in Boston are tragic. People have been killed as a result of a terrorist act. Earlier we expressed our condolences to the residents of the city and to the American people. Today, according to media reports, during an arrest attempt a certain Tsarnaev was killed. It would have made sense to arrest him and carry out an investigation, clarify all the circumstances and his degree of guilt. Evidently, the security services needed a result at any price in order to calm the populace.

"Any attempts to link Chechnya and the Tsarnaevs, if indeed they are guilty, are futile. They grew up in the USA, their viewpoints and beliefs were formed there. You must look for the roots of [their] evil in America. Terrorism must be fought everywhere. We know this better than anyone. We wish all the victims a [speedy] recovery and share in Americans’ grief." - Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, who issued his statement via Instragram and included three hashtags. Seriously.

Internet Cheers Bombers' Uncle Ruslan

They even love him over on Twitchy.

Uncle Tells Bomber To Turn Himself In: "He Put A Shame On Chechen Ethnicity"

Not in this clip is when the uncle offered to get on his knees before the victims' families and beg for forgiveness.

REPORT: Bombers From Russia

CNN reports:

The suspects involved in the Boston Marathon bombing were brothers from the Russian Caucasus who moved to Kazakhstan before coming to the United States several years ago, a source briefed on the investigation told CNN. One of the brothers, identified by several sources as Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, studied engineering at Bunker Hill Community College but had taken off a year to train as a boxer, the source said.

The source said that a posting on a social media site under his name included the comment: "I don't have a single American friend. I don't understand them." He was wounded overnight and taken to a hospital, where he died. Police: 1 suspect dead, 1 on the run Several sources identified his brother, who remains on the lam, as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19.

Here's an interview with the brothers' uncle, who apparently gets the news that one of his nephews is dead from the reporter. "I'm shocked. Wordless. They do not deserve to exist on this earth. I have no idea."

Fire Engulfs Russian Skyscraper

CBS News reports:

A fire broke out in an unoccupied 40-story apartment building under construction in Chechnya, a once war-torn republic in southern Russia. Emergency officials say 30 people were evacuated Wednesday but that no one was injured. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined. The building is part of a complex of high-rises under construction in the center of Grozny, the Chechen capital.