Sister of Marathon Bombing Suspects Cooperating With Authorities

This article was written by Nicholas Loffredo.

The sister of the Boston Marathon suspects is cooperating with authorities, who have sealed off the area around her home in West New York, according to a report on NorthJersey.com.

Representatives of the FBI, New York Police and West New York police arrived earlier Friday at the apartment of Ailina Tsarnaev, 22, the sister of Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26. 

"This is all new for us,” West New York Police Commissioner Caridad Rodriguez said. “It’s a scary day in West New York."

Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed early this morning by law enforcement in Massachusetts, and a manhunt is underway to locate Dzhokhar. The Tsarnaev brothers have been identified by the FBI as suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing, which killed three and injured more than 170.

Ailina Tsarnaev told reporters Friday she's "hurt for everyone who has been hurt," according to a report on NJ.com.

“They were great people. I never would have expected it,” the woman told NJ.com. “They are smart — I don’t know what’s gotten into them.

"At the end of the day, no one knows the truth," she could be heard saying in a video on NJ.com. "I have no idea if that was my brother who planned everything.

"I’m sorry for all the people who are hurt and for all the people who lost their lives," she said.

The sister said she has not seen or spoken with her brothers in years, NorthJersey.com reported. Her husband said he had never met his wife’s family, who he said had been unhappy with their marriage because he is not a Muslim.