Ibragim Todashev's friend arrested in Florida on tampering charges

Ashurmamad Miraliev, who lived in same apartment as man shot by FBI, charged with tampering with a witness or informant

Associated Press in Kissimmee, Florida
theguardian.com, Friday 20 September 2013 22.09 BST

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Ibragim Todashev and his wife Reniya Manukyan

Ibragim Todashev was killed while FBI agents questioned him about his links to Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Photograph: Family handout

Authorities in Florida have arrested a friend of the Chechen man who was shot to death in his Orlando apartment during questioning by the FBI about a Boston Marathon bombing suspect.

Ashurmamad Miraliev was booked into the Osceola County jail on Friday. He is charged with tampering with a witness or informant.

A spokeswoman for the Osceola County Sheriff's Office didn't immediately return a phone call or email.

The 20-year-old Miraliev was living in the same Orlando apartment where his friend, Ibragim Todashev, was fatally shot last May.

Todashev was killed while FBI agents and others questioned him about his friendship with suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Officials originally said the Chechen man lunged at an agent with a knife. They later said it was no longer clear what happened.