A Twitter account being linked to Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, "Suspect 2" in the Boston bombings tweeted a reference to a song sampled by Jay-Z, with a warning to "stay safe people", on the day of the bombing.
Ain't no love in the heart of the city, stay safe people
— Jahar (@J_tsar) April 16, 2013
@J_tsar appears to have been first mentioned today by Bro Bible. Adrian Chen of Gawker has a good post that puts forward a lot of evidence linking the account to Dzhokhar — for example, he was said to go by Jahar as his name was too hard to pronounce.
Perhaps the most convincing evidence is a cached profile picture that looks very similar to Dzhokhar. There are also old tweets that reference being from Chechnya and living in American for a decade— both of which fit into the known timeline of Dzhokhar's life.
This account tweeted multiple times after the bombings, sometimes in reaction to stories about the bombings.
@imrealted fake story
— Jahar (@J_tsar) April 16, 2013
There have been no tweets from the account since April 17.
The weirdest thing about the account is how normal it seems. For example:
2 essays down, one to go baby
— Jahar (@J_tsar) December 10, 2012
my dad's reaction to rap music on the radio always made me laugh #imissthatman
— Jahar (@J_tsar) November 9, 2012
Amongst a number of reference to hip hop and marijuana, he retweeted Obama and Waka Flocka Flame:
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