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Tsarnaev Bought Mortar Kits in N.H.

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Official speculates that suspect extracted explosive powder.

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We're guessing these weren't an early Fourth of July present. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the elder of the two brothers suspected of bombing the Boston marathon, purchased two mortar kits from a fireworks store in New Hampshire in early February, said Phantom Fireworks vice president William Weimer on Tuesday.

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