The Boston marathon bombing brothers were intent on coming to New York 'to party' the city's Police Commissioner Ray Kelly revealed today.
According to 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is being interviewed by police in hospital, he and his brother Tamerlan, 26, were traveling to the Big Apple in a stolen Mercedes SUV to try and get away from the feverish atmosphere in Boston following their bomb attacks.
'The information that we received said something about partying or having a party,' said Kelly, citing what Dzhokhar has allegedly told investigators.
Other plans: New information suggests that Tamerlan, right, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, left, may have been planning to attack New York next
'The bit of information we have they may have been words to the effect of coming to party in New York.'
On Friday, the two terror brothers killed an MIT police officer in cold blood, then hijacked a Mercedes Benz SUV owned by a Chinese man from whom they stole money.
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The Boston Globe reported yesterday that as the two brothers stole the vehicle, they trained their guns on the unidentified man and screamed, 'We just killed a cop. We blew up the marathon. And now, we're going to New York. Don't f*** with us.'
Apparently, the Chinese national informed the police that the Tsarnaev brothers told him they were stealing cash from his ATM card and that he heard them say 'Manhattan' while they spoke in a foreign language.
On the run: A man thought to be 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev enters a gas station in Cambridge, Massachusetts, wearing a gray hoodie and carrying snacks on Thursday evening. He appears to be followed by her brother Tamerlan in a beige cap
However, Kelly said there is no clear indication that the brothers planned on committing an atrocity in New York.
'There was some information that they may have been intent on coming to new York, but not to continue what they were doing,' Kelly said.
Of course, the brothers never made it to New York - Tamerlan died during a shoot-out with police in Watertown and Dzhokhar was arrested after hiding with serious gunshot wounds in a dry-docked boat in the suburban Boston town.
This comes as Fox News reports that the parents of the brothers will arrive in the United States as early as Thursday.
Anzor Tsarnaev and Zubeidat Tsarnaeva will reportedly arrive tomorrow to collect the body of their eldest son, Tamerlan.
Yesterday, arrowing new information came to light, suggesting that the duo behind the Boston Marathon bombings were not finished, and may have been heading to New York City with additional bombs.
It is believed that Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were planning further bloodshed but were thwarted when Massachusetts authorities found them in a Boston suburb.
The pair had another pressure cooker bomb - the device used in the marathon attack - and homemade grenades.
Chilling: Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, now wearing a beige cap, captured on camera using an ATM card hours before a police shoot-out where his brother and accomplice died
But their plans were abandoned as police caught up with them, engaging the Tsarnaev brothers in a wild shootout in which 26-year-old Tamerlan was killed.
Dzhokhar, 19, was seriously wounded in the gunbattle and is currently recovering in a Boston hospital.
The information reportedly came from the Chinese man who was carjacked by the suspects early on Friday morning.
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He told investigators that the men did not speak English but he recognized the word 'Manhattan' in their conversation.
CBS' John Miller reported that the information 'tripped a lot' of alarm for authorities, who reacted by cutting Amtrak train service from Boston to New York and searched trains.
Miller additionally reported that the NYPD activated 'license plate readers at all bridges and tunnels coming into the city' with the hope of intercepting the suspects before they reached the Big Apple.
He was arraigned on Monday and has reportedly confessed his role in the bombings to federal investigators.
Also on Tuesday, new images showed suspected bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with his arms full of snacks and soda as he and his brother Tamerlan attempt a getaway after becoming prime terror suspects.
Dressed in a grey hoodie, the surveillance footage is believed to show 19-year-old Dzhokhar as he enters a gas station in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Trapped: With his head down and wearing a cap, the suspected terrorist withdraws money from the machine hours after a surveillance picture of him had been beamed around the world
The man following him into the store in the beige cap appears to be 26-year-old Tamerlan.
In another image, Dzhokhar is seen wearing a beige flat cap pulled low at an ATM machine, withdrawing $800.
The card was stolen from a man taken hostage by the alleged terrorists after he was car-jacked last Thursday during the bombers' desperate but futile plan to escape.
The victim was able to jump out of the car and flee while the alleged terrorists went to buy snacks.
From interviews with the staff at both gas stations and court records, MailOnline has been able to piece together the frantic events of the early hours of last Friday.
The terrifying sequence of events began when Tamerlan carjacked a Mercedes SUV car at gun point barely 40 minutes after MIT campus police officer Sean Collier was killed as he sat in his patrol car.
Tamerlan jumped into the passenger seat of the Mercedes and told the driver: 'Did you hear about the Boston explosion... I did that.'
Dzhokhar was caught on a CCTV camera entering an all night garage with his face partially hidden by a grey hooded sweatshirt.
But he left empty handed after his brother Tamerlan hammered on the glass front door of the gas station kiosk saying: 'We've got to go.'
His intervention came after the victim of the carjacking managed to escape and run across to another all night gas station across the street where he pleaded with the cashier for help.
Escape: The two bombing suspects pulled up at the Shell gas station to use a stolen ATM card from a man they had taken hostage. He managed to escape to the Mobil gas station across the street and call for help (right)
The images were released today as Dzhokhar told investigators that his brother orchestrated the attacks because he 'wanted to defend Islam from attack'.
In scrawled notes from his hospital bed, the 19-year-old told Guantanamo Bay interrogators that he and his brother were not linked to any Islamic terrorist groups.
According to CNN, Dzhokhar said his older brother, Tamerlan, 26, was the ringleader in the attacks that shook the nation a week ago, but that the pair were working alone.
After pictures of the brothers were beamed around the world last Thursday after the FBI pinpointed them as prime suspects, Dzhokhar was seen on surveillance entering an all-night garage in Cambridge with his face partially hidden by a grey-hooded sweatshirt.
But he left empty-handed after his brother Tamerlan hammered on the glass front door of the gas station kiosk saying: 'We've got to go.'
The carjacking victim, whose name has not been revealed, has told authorities that being Chinese almost certainly saved his life, saying that the brothers told him they would not kill him because he was 'not American'.
On the run: One of the alleged bombers enters a store last Thursday as a huge manhunt got underway which led to his capture
After the shootout: Investigators take a look at a car driven by the Boston Marathon bombing suspects after they exchanged gunfire on a residential street in Watertown
The victim was able to jump out of the car and flee while Dzhokhar looked to buy cans of the energy drink and chocolate bars.
From interviews with the staff at both gas stations and court records, MailOnline has been able to piece together the frantic events of the early hours of last Friday.
The terrifying sequence of events began when Tamerlan carjacked a Mercedes SUV car at gun point barely 40 minutes after MIT campus police officer Sean Collier was killed as he sat in his patrol car.
Tamerlan jumped into the passenger seat of the Mercedes and told the driver: 'Did you hear about the Boston explosion... I did that.'
The victim, who is Chinese and his early 20s, was paralyzed with fear after bursting into the Mobil station where cashier Tarek Ahmed was working.
The terrified victim said: 'Some men are trying to shoot me. They have a bomb and guns.'
In an exclusive interview with MailOnline Egyptian-born Ahmed, 44, said the victim was so scared he could barely stand and collapsed on the floor.
Witness: Mobil station cashier Tarek Ahmed was working when the terrified victim burst in after escaping his captors
Ahmed said that when the man went behind the counter to hide, he knew he was telling the truth.
Ahmed dialed 911 and within minutes the area was flooded with police.
The dramatic escape of the carjacking victim was the beginning of the end for the alleged bombers as they were found by police and involved in a fierce gun battle.
Tamerlan was shot multiple times, while his brother was later found cowering in a covered-up boat and taken into custody.
After encountering Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the terrified victim was shown a gun and forced into the passenger seat.
After picking up his brother, and transferring guns and bombs into the trunk, the car spend off.
Tamerlan was driving and his 19-year-old brother was in the rear passenger seat. The victim was in the front passenger seat.
After being forced to hand over $45, they drove to an ATM where $800 was withdrawn from the victim's account.
All three headed towards an all night Shell garage on Memorial Drive in Cambridge where Tamerlan pulled up alongside one of the gas pumps.
Dzhokhar went inside - and was captured on the CCTV camera at the front of the store.
The photograph was released by the FBI hours after the impromptu stop and gave law enforcement and members of the public a much clearer view of the alleged bomber.
The image with Dzhokhar wearing a hoodie was clearer than those released earlier by the FBI which been taken prior to the bombs going off at the finish line of the marathon.
Mohammed Malah, 46, was working the night shift but paid little attention to the customer who head to the row of fridge where the drinks were stored.
Moroccan-born Malah, who speaks little English, told colleagues that he did not take any notice of Tsarnaev when he came into the all night store.
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Deadly shootout: In a gun battle where over 200 shots were fired, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev was hit multiple times
He only realized he had been with the alleged bomber when the FBI swarmed into garage in the early hours of the morning last Friday.
They had been alerted to the garage stop by the carjacking victim who had managed to escape and run across the road to a neighboring Mobil garage.
Mr Ahmed described how the victim burst into kiosk.
'He was shaking, absolutely terrified and started shouting that some men had guns and they were trying to kill him,' he said.
'He said they had a bomb. He was so scared that he could not stand up. He fell over and at first I thought he was drunk.
'But then he got up and pushed his way to the back of the counter and said 'you have to hide me.'
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He kept saying there were men out there who wanted to kill him. I'ver never seen anyone so scared.
Ahmed said the man hid behind a metal door in a back room and he again pleaded with him to call police.
'I rang 911 and told them what happened. Within three minutes there were police cars here.'
He added: I did not see who he was running from, but he was so scared.'
Police spoke with the victim and were able to get a description of the car and it license plate.
FBI agents recovered footage from the security camera at the entrance to the Shell garage.
Owner Alan Mendick:'The police came and we went through the CCTV footage.
'Yes, one of them came in here, but I am told before he could buy anything his brother came and hammered on the window and told him they had to go.
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'He had some stuff in his hands but he just put it down and left. There are reports that he was shoplifting, but that's not true.'
'His brother called him to come out before he could do anything.
'My cashier who was on duty is scared. He is really shaken up by it all.'
Malah's colleague Brahim Asseban,37, said: 'The manager was called and they told him to close the station down.
'They took the CCTV footage .The picture of the Tsarnaev in the grey hoodie was from the camera at the front door. Everyone who comes in is filmed,it is part of the security you have when open all night.
'Mohammed is a bit shaken up by it all. He said it was very busy that night, and he does not really remember him coming in.
'Lots of people come in late at night but it has shaken him up.'
Asseban said Mohammed did not see the victim of the car jacking.
Terror Attack: The two detonations went off near the finish line of the 117th Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013 - returning the specter of terrorism to the United States for the first time since 9/11
Hiding place: This image, taken from a surveillance camera shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev climbing into a boat Friday morning after a police gun battle. He was later found in the boat and captured
Wounded: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, seen here moments after he was pulled from the boat where he was hiding, suffered a throat wound and a leg wound
'He said one of the brothers, the younger one came in and looked at the Red Bull and candy bars.
The victim told FBI agents he managed to escape while Tamerlan became distracted as his brother was in the store shopping.
Neither brother made any attempt to kill the carjacking victim.
After speeding away along Memorial Drive the stolen car was spotted by police in Watertown having been given its licence plate and description.
They gave chase and in an ensuing gun battle where over 200 shots were fired 26 year old Tamerlan was hit multiple times.
He was run over by his brother who fled in the stolen SUV, later abandoning it and taking refuge in a covered up boat, where he later surrendered.
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