{"id":2448,"date":"2013-04-24T23:14:20","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T19:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ankakh.am\/?p=2448"},"modified":"2013-04-24T23:14:20","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T19:14:20","slug":"the-hunt-for-misha-bomb-investigators-search-for-mysterious-bald-red-bearded-armenian-man-accused-of-radicalizing-tamerlan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=2448","title":{"rendered":"The hunt for Misha: Bomb investigators search for mysterious &#8216;bald, red-bearded Armenian man&#8217; accused of radicalizing Tamerlan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/t31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2446\" alt=\"t3\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/t31.jpg\" width=\"306\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/t31.jpg 306w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/t31-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/a>As the investigation into why and how the Boston bombers unleashed their deadly attacks continues, the focus has centered to an elusive and mysterious Muslim convert known only as Misha.<\/p>\n<p>Family members of Tamerlan Tsarnaev describe Misha as the guiding influence in the elder bomber developing radicalized views &#8211; but to date it is believed that law enforcement and the media have failed to find him.<\/p>\n<p>Speculation as to who Misha is wildly varies, with some suggesting he is the mastermind behind the marathon bombings while others think that he could be a Russian spy &#8211; sent to identify and keep tabs on young men like Tamerlan who are at risk of turning to militant Islam.<\/p>\n<p>All that is known about him is that he is an Armenian man in his 30s with distinctive red beard and that he has disappeared &#8211; no longer living in the Cambridge, Massachusetts area.<\/p>\n<p>However, family members have been telling reporters that in the years before the Boston marathon bombings, Tamerlan, 26, fell under the strong influence of a new friend, a Christian who converted to Islam and who steered the religiously apathetic young man towards adopting strong Islamic views.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the investigation into why and how the Boston bombers unleashed their deadly attacks continues,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[221,224,143,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editors-choice","category-news","category-usa","category-world","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}