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Urgent: Trial opens for Boston marathon bombing suspect

Xinhua, March 4, 2015 Adjust font size:

The trial began Wednesday for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, an American citizen accused of carrying out the Boston marathon bombings nearly two years ago.

Tsarnaev, 21, could face the death penalty if convicted of bombings in Boston's signature race which killed three and injured 264 others. Endite