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Bloomberg Gun Group Apologizes for Honoring Bombing Suspect

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Getty 042213 TamerlanTsarnaev?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1371675195378Glenn DePriest/Getty Images(CONCORD, N.H.) — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was run over by his brother after a gunfight with police, was named as a victim of gun violence during an event held by Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the anti-gun violence group run by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Tsarnaev’s name was listed during one of the gun group’s “No More Names” bus events in Concord, N.H., where it read the names of the people who have been killed in connection with gun violence, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported Tuesday.

“Some of the loudest shouts came when a reader spoke the name of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects who was killed by police during a gunfight,” the Union Leader reported Tuesday.

Several protestors shouted, “He’s a terrorist,” according to the Union Leader.

Mayors Against Illegal Guns used a list compiled by Slate.com, titled “How Many People Have Been Killed by Guns Since Newtown?”  Bloomberg’s gun group called the inclusion of Tsarnaev in its list of gun violence victims a mistake and apologized for the error.

“He was absolutely not a victim, his name should have been deleted before the list was provided to a family member for reading and his name should never have been read,” Mayors Against Illegal Guns said in a statement to ABC News. “It was a mistake, it should not have happened and we sincerely apologize.”

The Slate.com list still includes Tsarnaev’s name.

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