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Ibragim Todashev
Ibragim Todashev: First the FBI says he attacked
them with "a pen." Then they said it was "a sword."
Then "with his bare hands."
By Adam Goldman and Wesley Lowery
A Florida prosecutor has ruled that an FBI agent was justified in using deadly force when he shot and killed a Chechen man connected to two brothers accused of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombing.

Law enforcement officials said that Ibragim Todashev, 27, a mixed-martial-arts fighter, attacked the agent with a metal pole during an interview at his Orlando apartment on May 22.


FBI officials have said the male agent, who has not been identified, was acting in self-defense when he shot Todashev multiple times. The agent suffered a wound to the back of the head that required stitches. It’s not clear what first sparked the confrontation.

The investigation’s conclusion seemingly brings to an end a 10-month push by Todashev’s family and several civil rights organizations for more information about the shooting.

Officials with the Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a civil rights group that has provided Todashev’s family with legal representation, said the investigation’s conclusion is troubling.

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