UPDATE: Saudi National Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi is NO LONGER a ‘person of interest’

***UPDATE: Ali Alharbi is no longer a ‘person of interest’ and is now only categorized as a witness. In other words, he didn’t do it:

NY DAILY NEWS – He didn’t do it.

The Saudi national questioned in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon terror blasts that killed three is considered a witness rather than a suspect, sources told the Daily News on Tuesday.

Abdulrahman Ali Alharbi, 22, remained hospitalized in Boston as investigators searched every inch of his Revere, Mass., apartment and grilled his roommate.

But it turns out the student was apparently in the wrong place at the wrong time when two bombs exploded Monday afternoon near the finish line of the event that draws runners from around the globe.

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UPDATE: Roommate of Ali Alharbi defends him to the New York Post:

A roommate of the man questioned in connection to yesterday’s Boston Marathon bombing described the Saudi national as “a good boy,” incapable of such a monstrous attack.

Investigators early last night converged on a fifth-floor apartment where the potential suspect lives with two roommates.

Mohammed Badawood, 20, described the potential suspect as “quiet and clean” and said he last saw him two days ago. Badawood told The Post he moved into the apartment about five months ago.

“He’s a good boy,” Badawood said of the potential suspect today. “I think he couldn’t do that.”


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