The Boston bombings - an Iranian perspective

Is America facing homegrown terrorism?

A US-based Imam tells Press TV that the recent wave of incidents in the United States prove that it is the American people who pose a threat to the sovereignty of the US. The comment came after two bombings in Boston on April 15 left three people dead and more than 170 injured. The FBI released photographs and video footage of two suspects of the bombings and asked for public help in identifying them. Later on, the suspects were identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, and his19-year-old brother, Dzhokhar. The older brother died in hospital after sustaining critical injuries in a car-chase and shootout with the police. The second suspect was also captured, following a manhunt that completely locked down the city for an entire day. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found in a boat in the backyard of a house in the city of Watertown on Friday. The two brothers are also accused of killing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer on campus late Thursday.

Press TV has conducted an interview with Abdul Alim Musa, Imam of Masjid Al-Islam from Berkeley, to further talk over the issue. The video also offers the opinions of one additional guest: Karl Grossman who is with the State University of New York.