(CNN) -- Deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev participated in a 2011 gruesome triple homicide outside Boston along with a Chechen killed early Wednesday during a confrontation with the FBI and Massachusetts State Police in Orlando, Florida, a federal law enforcement official told CNN.
Ibragim Todashev, who
died during the interview with authorities, not only confessed to his
direct role in slashing the throats of three people in Waltham,
Massachusetts, but also fingered Tsarnaev in the deaths, the official
said Wednesday.
Todashev was being questioned about the slayings and his acquaintance with Tsarnaev.
Todashev attacked an FBI
agent, who shot him dead, a federal law enforcement official with direct
knowledge of the case told CNN.
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"He used some kind of weapon," the official said, and that prompted the FBI agent to shoot the suspect.
A second law enforcement official confirmed Todashev made the confession.
The unsolved triple
murder received renewed interest after it was learned that Tsarnaev was
sparring partners at a local gym with one of the victims.
Investigators of the
crime reported at the time that the heads of the three victims were
pulled back and their throats slit ear to ear with great force.
Marijuana was spread over the bodies in a "symbolic gesture," and
several thousand dollars in cash was found at the scene.
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