30.05 Point-Blank Shot Killed Friend of Alleged Boston Bomber � Father

MOSCOW, May 30 (Alexey Eremenko, RIA Novosti) � The father of Ibragim Todashev, who was shot to death last week by US authorities while being questioned about the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, said Thursday that his son was killed with a point-blank shot to the head, raising even more questions about an already murky case.

�He was questioned for eight hours,� Abdulbaki Todashev told reporters in Moscow. �Then they shot him, six times in the body and once in the head.�

The May 22 shooting death has been cloaked in mystery, with US media raising questions early on about officials� use of lethal force � a concern echoed by the dead man�s father.

�They could have wounded him, in the leg or the shoulder. But this is a killing with a