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Civil rights group to sue FBI over Chechen man's death

A civil rights group plans to sue the FBI for $30 million on behalf of the family of a Chechen man who was fatally shot while being questioned about a Boston Marathon bombing suspect.

 

The Council of American-Islamic Relations Florida on Monday filed a notice of claim stating its intention to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the FBI over the death of Ibragim Todashev.

 

Todashev was killed at his Orlando, Florida, apartment about a month after the April 15, 2013, marathon bombings.

 

FBI agents were interviewing Todashev as they looked into the background of bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

 

The rights group says they hope the law

 


פרסום ראשון: 03.02.15, 19:32