Still odd. The brothers had cars and their friends had cars (mercedes, yet)—but they had to take the chance of hijacking another car?
And they let the driver go (mistake?) —and his call to police is what got them caught?
Or, did they meet with a contact who gave them a car and cash, and then deliberately phoned police to turn them in—thinking that they wouldn’t be taken alive, or would commit suicide if cornered?
Is that the way a terror cell operates—to protect itself?
The bombers are the lowest men on the ladder, they are expendable. Get a couple of low-level dupes to plant the bombs, then break the link in the chain (remove them) and the cell can continue to operate?
Don’t know. But maybe worth looking into
(I’m sure the FBI will get around to it right after they finish checking if they had permits for their guns,
and permits to stay in the USA, and were not being sought by foreign governments, and where they got their money from,
and if they were in the drug trade, and what the “terrorista” plate meant...)
I think the purpose of the car jacking was to drain the victim’s bank account. So the stealing of the car was secondary.
And, they may have feared that their own cars would have been identified.
And - some reports on the gun battle in watertown list the brothers as driving two vehicles - the hijacked SUV, and a Honda sedan, which may have been their car.
Probably so. Notice on the map that they were driving all over as if they were making specific stops rather than getting the heck outta Dodge as quick as possible. It's been speculated little brother deliberately ran over his brother rather than have him taken into custody and then attempted suicide in the boat.
Gosh, I remember when I was a college student and could only afford a Mercedes...
Gosh, I remember when I was a college student and could only afford a Mercedes...