Here’s Suspect #2′s Alleged Twitter Account (He’s a 9/11 Truther)

Jody Field Apr 19, 2013 · 2 min read

Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.

[Content warning: This article contains strong language.]

Although suspected Boston Bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was pronounced dead early Friday morning, the manhunt for his brother and supposed accomplice Dzhokhar, 19, continues.

And as the number of federal and state law enforcement officials involved in the hunt continues to grow, so too do questions regarding the brothers and their alleged actions.

Left to right: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26.

If the Chechen brothers are indeed responsible for the Boston Marathon explosions, what drove them to do it? We may not know for quite some time. However, Dzhokhar’s alleged Twitter account, unearthed by intrepid journalists on Friday, may shed some light on the situation.

“I would confirm this as to being his Twitter account. Those users went to my high school,” Stefanie Gardner, of the Rindge class of 2011, tells BuzzFeed.

Several others have come forward to confirm that it is indeed Dzhokhar’s account.

“The account is listed under the name ‘Jahar,’ which is what classmates called him because his full name was hard to pronounce,” Gawker’s Adrian Chen explains.

Along with being a consumer of pop culture and certain illegal substances, “Jahar” was apparently a “9/11 Truther”:

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Yikes.

Surprisingly enough, his account was active as recently as Wednesday when he tweeted, “I’m a stress free kind of guy.”

Most of his account is fairly harmless, filled with reference to rap songs (“so much hate i need a ak” rap lyrics posted on July 15, 2012), but there are a few tweets that seem little off-putting (considering what “Jahar” and his brother have been accused of):

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Allegations that “Jahar” was somehow involved in the Boston Bombings came as a shock to many in his social circle given his, as Chen puts it, “laid-back reputation”:

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Here’s a collection of his tweets dating back to Oct. 25, 2011 [Content Warning: strong language]:

Featured image Twitter. This post has been updated.