← All LocationsProceduralTamerlan Tsarnaev's Prior Acts and Coercive Control
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the mosque
Elmirza Khozhugov recalled that Tamerlan declined to meet him, saying he needed to go to the mosque to help people. Defense counsel also discussed alleged outbursts at the mosque as evidence of Tamerlan's extreme views.
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Defense counsel argued that alleged mosque outbursts illuminated Tamerlan's radicalization and his relationship with Dzhokhar; the government considered them irrelevant but did not object to their admission.