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Boston - In a startling opening statement at the biggest US terrorism trial in decades, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's own lawyer told a jury that the 21-year-old former college student committed the Boston Marathon bombing.
"It was him," said defence attorney Judy Clarke, one of America's foremost death-penalty specialists.
Three people were killed and more than 260 hurt when two shrapnel-packed pressure-cooker bombs exploded near the finish line on 15 April 2013. Tsarnaev, then 19, is accused of carrying out the attacks with 26-year-old Tamerlan, who was killed in a shootout and getaway attempt days later.
