Salah Barhoun, 17, said he went to the police yesterday to clear his name after he discovered himself tagged in images online. He had just gone to watch the race, he said, but soon after the blasts, he was singled out by internet sleuths as looking doubtful. government authorities passed round images of Barhoun, trying to discover more data about him, causes notified ABC report.
Today The New York Post ran a article boasting a picture of Barhoun and another man encircled in red, but said it was unclear if they were the identical as two potential suspects dotted by law enforcement Wednesday.
When he saw the front sheet article, with the headline "Bag Men," Barhoun said, "It's the worst feeling that I can possibly feel… I'm only 17."
Reporters found Barhoun through social media and talked to him today at his dwelling. He said he had really liked to run the race and when he couldn't, determined to watch.
Barhoun's junior male sibling, who declined to be identified, said that it made his mother "sick and distressed" that her child had been attached to the tragedy.
"It made her think he had done certain things wrong," the junior male sibling said. "My brother is not the bomber."
Federal law enforcement told ABC News they are no longer seeking data about Barhoun or the other man in the photograph released in the Post.
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