The U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced on Monday the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings was charged by federal prosecutors, seven days after the bombings killed three people and injured over 200.

The U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced on Monday the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings was charged by federal prosecutors, seven days after the bombings killed three people and injured over 200.

According to the statement by Department of Justice, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 19-year-old suspect had his initial court appearance Monday afternoon from his hospital room in “Beth Israel” hospital. He is charged with using a weapon of mass destruction against persons and property resulting in three deaths and injuries to over 200 people.

"Although our investigation is ongoing, today's charges bring a successful end to a tragic week for the city of Boston, and for our country," said Holder in the statement.

The White House on Monday said Tsarnaev would not be tried as "an enemy combatant" in a military tribunal, but instead in a federal court.

Twin explosions occurred on Monday afternoon near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and wounding over 200 others. The FBI identified two brothers, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev and 19-year-old Dzhokar Tsarnaev, as suspects behind the Boston bombings.

Tamerlan died Friday after a shootout with the police and killing of a police officer. Dzhokar was apprehended Friday night in a suburb of Boston following a massive manhunt by law enforcement authorities. He was rushed to hospital for treatment of serious wounds.