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Photo of fugitive ‘bomber’ shows him just feet from youngest victim Martin Richard

A chilling photo emerged today of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev walking just feet from the sweet boy killed by the deadly blast.

The image shows Martin Richard standing on a barricade, in a photo obtained by The Post. Later, the young boy was been eating ice cream and standing near the finish line with his family when the first bomb went off.

The terrified family was trying to hop over the race barriers to safety when the second blast occurred, killing Martin.

1 BOSTON MARATHON BOMB SUSPECT DEAD, MANHUNT UNDERWAY FOR BROTHER

“This is something [his parents] will never recover from,’’ said the Richards’ next-door neighbor, Jane Sherman said earlier this week.

“He went to the marathon with his family, and he never made it home.’’

His sister, Jane, 6, was severely injured and their mother, Denise, was hit in the head by the explosion and had to undergo surgery.

Doctors removed ball bearings from father Bill Richard’s leg. Only Martin’s older brother, Henry, 12, ran fast enough to get out of harm’s way.

“They were looking in the crowd as the runners were coming to see if they could identify some of their friends when the bomb hit,” said Rep. Steven Lynch (D-Mass.), who has known the Richards for 25 years.

Bill Richard was supposed to run the race but dropped out because of an injury, his friends and neighbors said.