FBI Interviewed Boston Suspect in 2011

The FBI revealed on Friday that they had interviewed Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2011, after a foreign government alerted officials that he had possible ties to extremists.

"The request stated that it was based on information that he was a follower of radical Islam and a strong believer," the FBI said, according to CNN.

The request had also stated that Tamerlan Tsarnaev had changed drastically since 2010 as he prepared to leave the United States for travel to the country's region to join unspecified underground groups."

The matter was closed when it did not produce any derogatory information.

The revelation is the first evidence that the Tsarnaev family came to US security officials' attention after they emigrated to the United States about a decade ago.

The 26-year-old's younger brother Dzhokhar, also a suspect in Monday's bombings that killed three people and wounded scores more, has been taken into custody after a dramatic confrontation with police.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev died early on Friday of bullet wounds and injuries from explosives strapped to his body.

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