Some on Twitter confused Czech Republic with Chechnya, referring to bombing suspects’ origins

As details emerged about the Boston Marathon bombing suspects on Friday, there was apparent confusion among some on the social networks about the wanted brothers’ origins. Some mistakenly suggested they had roots in the Czech Republic, in central Europe, as opposed to an area near Chechnya, in the north Caucasus, as had been reported. The suspects Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, were described by family and law officials as “coming from a Russian region near Chechnya”. The Czech ambassador to the US, Petr Gandalovic, released a statement trying to clear up the matter; he called the mistake “unfortunate”.