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Second Bombing Suspect Captured

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In serious condition after shot by police.

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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in ambulance on Friday night. (Robert Ray/AP)

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is currently hospitalized in serious condition after a 24-hour police chase that ended when he was found bloodied and weakened from a gunshot wound under a backyard boat in suburban Boston. Police celebrated their victory over the second suspect in Monday's Boston Marathon bombing attack, announcing, "CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won. Suspect in custody." The other suspect, Dzhokhar's older brother Tamerlan, was killed the night before in a shootout with police. In a speech after the mission, President Obama said that ""All in all, this has been a tough week."

Read it at Associated Press