The father of Ibragim Todashev, a friend of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, wants to know why the FBI killed his son during an interrogation about the Boston bombings. While the FBI maintains Todashev was killed because of a "violent confrontation," his father is threatening to file a wrongful death lawsuit, the Boston Globe reports.
Todashev's father, Abdulbaki, is demanding answers from the FBI about the death of his 27-year-old son. During a questioning in May at Ibragim's Orlando, Fla., apartment, the FBI shot to death the Chechen.
"We believe that Mr. Todashev, as any father would, deserves a thorough explanation about what happened to his son when he was alone in his house with state and federal law enforcement officers and then killed," Eric Ludin, Abdulbaki's attorney, told The Globe.
The Bureau called the lethal shooting the result of a "violent confrontation" initiated by Ibragim, and they ordered the medical examiner to not release the autopsy report until their internal investigation concluded, the NY Daily News reported.
Abdulbaki, however, doesn't believe his son initiated any confrontation.
He disputed the claim that his son, a mixed martial arts fighter, attacked the law enforcement agents and said his son was still recovering from having undergone a recent, major knee surgery.
"He was innocent, and he was simply killed," Abdulbaki said through a translator, via the NY Daily News.
Ludin said they are considering filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the FBI, pending the results of the Bureau's investigation and the state's.
"There was absolutely no weapon in the possession of our client's son," Ludin told The News, citing sources familiar with the investigation.
Ludin also insisted Ibragim was cooperating with the FBI and said the Chechen delayed his trip to Russia in order to meet with law enforcement.
Authorities were investigating Ibragim for his ties to Tsarnaev, as well as for any possible involvement in a 2011 triple homicide in Waltham, Mass. The two knew each other through a gym they both frequented in Massachusetts, according to Ludin.
