Boston Marathon bomber suspect's 3 friends charged

NEW YORK - Three more suspects have been charged in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings, in which three people died and more than 200 were injured.

The men were charged for interfering with the police investigation into the attacks.

The suspects allegedly destroyed and concealed Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's backpack and laptop after the bombings two weeks ago.

Three college students, all the same age as Tsarnaev (19), appeared in a Boston court on Wednesday.
Two of the accused Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev who are from Kazakhstan, were charged with obstructing justice.

It's alleged they helped dispose of a laptop and a backpack containing fireworks belonging to Tsarnaev.

They men had already been in custody in a county jail for violating their student visas.

The third man, United States citizen, Robel Phillipos, is accused of misleading police about whether or not he had been a part of the plan to take the backpack from Tsarnaev's room.

Tsarnaev has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction and is currently in a federal medical facility just outside of Boston.

Tsarnaev and his brother Tamerlan were identified as the men behind the Boston bombings.

After an intense manhunt, Tamerlan was killed during a clash with police