Dad: 'Unarmed' son 'not crazy' enough to attack FBI agent who killed him

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Story highlights

  • Todashev's father says his son wasn't "crazy," wouldn't attack officers
  • The father says he doesn't believe his son admitted to role in triple murder
  • Todashev, who knew a Boston bombing suspect, was killed in an interview with authorities
  • A U.S. official says Todashev started acting odd, knocked over table




It was during that interview -- which took place in the kitchen of his Orlando, Florida, home -- that Todashev was shot dead.

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"My son was definitely unarmed, because he never had a gun," his father Abdulbaki Todashev told CNN in Moscow. "He couldn't attack them or fight them; he couldn't do anything because even two men could easily handle him."

Contrary to what a U.S. official said, Todashev's father claimed there were "four of five" law enforcement agents with his son at the time, "all armed."

    "He didn't pose any threat to them. But even if he threatened them with his fists, couldn't they shoot his leg?" Abdulbaki Todashev said. "My son couldn't attack them. He's not crazy."

    Addressing reporters on Thursday, Abdulbaki Todashev added his son had recently undergone leg surgery and needed crutches to walk.

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    A law enforcement official told CNN on Friday that Todashev attacked the FBI agent with a broom handle, not a sword. "He (Todashev) took a whack at his (the agent's) head, and he got a pretty good gash."

    The official said that investigators knew going into the questioning that Todashev was proficient in mixed martial arts.

    The official stressed that the shooting was justified and done in self-defense because the agent felt threatened.







    Abdulbaki Todashev said he planned to fly "hopefully" Friday to the United States to bring "my son's body back to his homeland and bury him here."

    "(He was) a regular, funny boy (who) loved his brothers and sisters," the father said. "He wanted to stay (in the United States and I) said it was a nice place to train and to live. I said he should stay there."








    Abdulbaki Todashev doesn't believe his son admitted to any involvement in the Waltham triple homicide, saying "the FBI can say anything now because a dead person can't defend himself."

    That said, the father said he believes "there are lots of honest workers" in U.S. law enforcement who he thinks "can be trusted (to) conduct a fair investigation" into his son's death.

    "I do want justice," Abdulbaki Todashev told CNN. "I've always taught my children about justice. I do believe in it."