Boston bombing Suspects traced through Mbrace2 GPS-Based System Mercedes Menghadirkan
Boston Bombing Suspects traced thanks to Mercedes ' Mbrace2 GPS-Based System
the two alleged bombers of the Boston Marathon, brothers, Timur and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were followed by police with Mercedes factory-installed GPS system , according to a report of Autonews . The two suspects made the mistake of carjacking has 2013 Mercedes - Benz class M which was equipped with this technology, so when the driver escaped and called the police, the officers were able to track the SUV using its GPS system.
police refused to provide more details, but Mercedes-Benz USA confirmed it was contacted by the authorities on 19 April, during the search of Tamerlane and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev operation. Mercedes has been asked to help find the vehicle using the helper function of stolen vehicle on the crossover location mbrace2 telematics system .
MB USA Donna Boland spokesman said that Mercedes activated the tracking feature after the authentication of the request. "Authorities have asked mbrace be activated and... it was the case," she said, adding that the vehicle was a ML350 2013, and that the owner mbrace subscription was active.
the statement came after the week last Mercedes - Benz USA CEO Steve Cannon Tweeted: "just found out that our mbrace2 on the fly Mercedes technology helped to locate the terrorists of Boston! Thanks to our amazing law enforcement. "
the 26 carjacking victim a great contribution to the arrest of the two suspects, as he said to the police just after his car had been stolen at a filling station that ML could be followed by his iPhone and the Mercedes satellite system.
only an hour later, Timur Tsarnaev was found by the police and killed in the shooting. You can see how the mbrace2 system works in the video below.
by Dan Mihalascu