Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Apologises To Victims of Boston Marathon Bombing

Main accused in the Boston Marathon Bombing case, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev apologised to victims and families affected.

Runners continue to run towards the finish line of the Boston Marathon as an explosion erupts on April 15, 2013 (L). File image of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev by FBI. (R) (Photo: Reuters)

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Wednesday apologized for the deadly 2013 attack at a hearing, and a U.S. judge formally sentenced him to death for killing four people and injuring 264 in the bombing and its aftermath.

In this courtroom sketch, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, right, stands before U.S. District Judge George O’Toole Jr. as he addresses the court during his sentencing, Wednesday, June 24, 2015, in federal court in Boston. (Photo; AP)

I am sorry for the lives I have taken, for the suffering that I have caused you, for the damage I have done, irreparable damage. In case there is any doubt, I am guilty of this attack, along with my brother. I ask Allah to have mercy upon me, my brother and my family.
– Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

The 21-year-old told a courtroom packed with parents of some of the dead and some of those wounded on April 15, 2013.

It was the first time that Tsarnaev, who did not speak in his own defense during his trial, had addressed the court.

From left, Krystle Campbell, 29, Lu Lingzi, a Boston University graduate student from China, and Martin Richard, 8, all who were killed in the bombings near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013, in Boston. (Photo: AP)

Tsarnaev had been found guilty killing three people and injuring 264 in the bombing near the finish line of the world-renowned race, as well as fatally shooting a police officer three days later. US District Judge George O’Toole told the following to Tsarnaev before sentencing him to death by lethal injection.

As long as your name is mentioned, what will be remembered is the evil you’ve done. What will be remembered is that you murdered and maimed innocent people and that you did it willfully and intentionally. You did it on purpose.
– US District Judge, George O’Toole