Inside Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Twitter account

The 19-year-old was active on Twitter before, during, and after the bombings

Undated photo of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev provided by vk.com.
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The strangest aspect of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Twitter account, as verified by CNN and BuzzFeed, is how normal it looks. Like many other 19-year-old boys, he quotes hip-hop lyrics, talks about his iPhone, and makes Family Guy references.

However, his last tweet is chillingly casual, coming a day after the Boston Marathon bombings:

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Keith Wagstaff is a staff writer at TheWeek.com covering politics and current events. He has previously written for such publications as TIME, Details, VICE, and the Village Voice.