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Mother of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: My Sons Are Innocent, America Will Pay

A runner is escorted from the scene after explosions went off at the 117th Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013. | (Photo: Reuters/Jessica Rinaldi)

The mother of recently convicted 21-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev said that the U.S. will "pay" after a jury found her son guilty of all 30 counts related to the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013.

Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, who current lives in Dagestan, made her comments to the Vocativ website using a messaging application. The mother of Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev told the website that her sons are innocent, and that the U.S. is the real "terrorist" in this situation.

This week, 21-year-old Dzhokhar was found guilty of all 30 counts related to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Dzhokhar and his brother, Tamerlan, planted two pressure cooker bombs at the finish line for the marathon, killing three and injuring over two hundred.

"MY SONS ARE INNOCENT, AS INNOCENT AS ALL THOSE WHO ARE BEING KILLED BY YOUR COUNTRY," the mother reportedly told the Vocativ website. "TODAY THEY ARE KILLING MUSLIMS, AND TOMORROW WILL COME YOUR TURN AND HE WHO DOUBTS THIS IS DEEPLY MISTAKEN!!!!!"

"HOW CAN A MOTHER FEEL WHOSE SON IS IN THE CLAWS OF A PREDATOR PREPARING TO TEAR HIM TO PIECES LIKE MEAT???" she wrote. "THEY WILL PAY FOR MY SONS AND THE SONS OF ISLAM, PERMANENTLY!!! THE TEARS OF THEIR MOTHERS WILL BE FUEL FOR THEM IN HELL, AND ALSO THEIR BLOOD, I AM DOUBTLESS AND ETERNALLY GLAD THAT I KNOW THIS FROM THE WORDS OF THE CREATOR, NOT JUST ANYONE'S WORDS!!!!!!"

Tsarnaev later added on the social media site VKontakte that she believes the "terrorists are the Americans."

"I will never forget it. May god bless those who helped my son. The terrorists are the Americans and everyone knows it. My son is the best of the best," she posted in Russian on the social media site VKontakte.