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"A fifth person has been arrested in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing, the U.S. attorney announced Friday.Click to watch News 9's coverage.According to court documents, Khairullozhon Matanov was arrested in Quincy, Mass., and charged with destroying, altering and falsifying records in a federal investigation and making false statements in a federal terrorism investigation.An indictment said Matanov, 23, originally from Kyrgyzstan, legally moved to the United States in 2010. He lived in Massachusetts and worked, among other jobs, as a taxi cab driver.While in the country, Matanov met Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the brothers suspected of executing the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15, 2013, that killed three people and left more than 260 injured. The Tsarnaev brothers also allegedly killed an MIT police officer days later.Court documents allege Matanov and the Tsarnaevs discussed religious topics and hiked a New Hampshire mountain in order to, \u201Ctrain like, and praise, the \u2018mujahideen,\u2019\u201D or those who wage jihad.Matanov has been accused of contacting the Tsarnaevs following the marathon bombings, lying to authorities about his relationship with the brothers and deleting data pertinent to the investigation.Investigators said on April 15, about 40 minutes after the bombings, Matanov called Tamerlan's cellphone and invited him to dinner.That night, Matanov allegedly picked up Tamerlan and Dzhokhar and drove them to the restaurant, where they ate dinner and discussed the bombings. Matanov later told investigators this was a coincidental meeting.At dinner, Tamerlan allegedly said he \"did not believe al-Qaida was responsible for the attack because al-Qaida usually issues a statement accepting responsibility within two hours of an event, and they had not done so,\" the indictment said.Court documents allege Matanov initially told a witness that \"the bombings could have had a just reason, such as being done in the name of Islam, and that he would support the bombings if the reason were just or the attack had been done by the Taliban,\" the indictment said.Later, Matanov \"expressed sympathy for the victims' families, although he continued to explain away the significance of the victims' deaths on the grounds that everyone must eventually die,\" the indictment said.Investigators allege Matanov made several attempts to contact the Tsarnaevs in the days following the attack. On at least two occasions, he briefly spoke with Tamerlan on the phone.On April 18, photographs of the bombing suspects, who turned out to be the Tsarnaev brothers, were shared with the public.Shortly after, Matanov accessed the photos online several times. He tried to call Dzhokhar twice, but did not get an answer, documents allege.On April 19, Matanov realized federal investigators would likely want to discuss his relationship with the Tsarnaev brothers.Investigators said a witness urged him to contact police.After discussing the Tsarneavs with two other witnesses, he asked the third to take two cellphones, saying they were illegal and might be found if the FBI searched his apartment. The witness refused, according to the documents.Investigators said Matanov deleted data from his computer, including his browsing history, which would reveal he had viewed the suspect photos. He also deleted more than 900 video files, some of which included violent content.Matanov asked another witness to help him delete data, and when the witness refused he said that witness was not a good \u201Cbrother.\u201DAccording to the indictment, later on April 19, Matanov and a witness drove to the Braintree Police Department, where he told officers he knew Tamerlan.He falsely told investigators he knew Tamerlan through religious worship and soccer. He also said they had not attended worship together since 2011, but investigators learned they had attended as recently as August 2012.Investigators said he also denied seeing the photos of the suspects. He told investigators he learned the Tsarnaev brothers might have been involved after hearing an officer at the Qunicy Adams T stop say the phrase \u201CChechnyan brothers.\u201DMatanov could face up to 20 years in prison for destruction of evidence and eight years for each false statement charge. He also could face a maximum of three years of supervised release and fine of $250,000.Matanov is not accused of participating in the bombings or having prior knowledge of the attacks.\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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