Gory images taken by a tactical photographer with the Massachusetts state police, Sergeant Sean Murphy show Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev “bruised and bloodied” the moment he was captured. Murphy released the images in an attempt to show the real face of terrorism and not the one that appeared on the controversial new cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

Murphy said:

The truth is that glamorizing the face of terror is not just insulting to the family members of those killed in the line of duty, (but) it also could be an incentive to those who may be unstable to do something to get their face on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

I hope that the people who see these images will know that this was real. It was as real as it gets. This may have played out as a television show, but this was not a television show.

Officer Dick Donohue almost gave his life. Officer Sean Collier did give his life. These were real people, with real lives, with real families. And to have this cover dropped into Boston was hurtful to their memories and their families.

Soon after these images were released Murphy was relieved of his duties. Editor of Boston magazine John Wolfson tweeted:

Since site is slow: Murphy has been relieved but not yet fired. Duty hearing next week.

— John Wolfson (@johnwolfson) July 19, 2013

Has been ordered not to talk to media or anyone else about events at Watertown.

— John Wolfson (@johnwolfson) July 19, 2013

[Source: Daily Mail]