The body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev one of the two men accused of pulling off the Boston Marathon attack has been buried in Virginia.
A small Muslim cemetery in Virginia is responsible for offering Boston bombing suspect a final resting place.
A small Muslim cemetery in Virginia is responsible for offering Boston bombing suspect a final resting place.
The Al-Barzakh Cemetery in Doswell, about 15 miles from Richmond, is the first Muslim resting place in the region. Arrangements for Tsarnaev’s burial came after a woman saw the protestors outside the Worcester, Mass., funeral home holding the body. She contacted the Islamic Society of Greater Richmond and asked its members to help find a suitable burial site.
Worcester police announced the burial on Thursday but declined to disclose the location of the cemetery. The said only that a "courageous" and "compassionate" person stepped forward to help.
Controversy raged around the burial, and as of Wednesday, nineteen days after Tsarnaev’s death following a deadly gun battle with police, cemeteries across the area still refused to accept his remains.
Tsarnaev was fatally wounded in Watertown, just outside Boston, after police confronted him in a stolen car. He was shot several times, before his brother, Dzhokhar Tsarvaev ran over him as he escaped. The brothers are accused of placing two bombs made from pressure cookers at the end of the Boston Marathon on April 15. The blast killed three and wounded more than 200.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev's widow declined to take possession of the body. She is staying with her family in Rhode Island and is allegedly cooperating with authorities, although earlier this week she hired a criminal lawyer with experience in terrorism cases. Tsarnaev’s uncle, Ruslan Tsarni, who denounced his nephews in interviews during the manhunt that ended in one’s death and the other’s capture, claimed the body. He said his nephew deserved a decent burial. Tsarni and three friends arrived at the funeral home Sunday to wash and shroud Tsarnaev’s body according to Muslim tradition.
"I'm dealing with logistics. A dead person must be buried," he told reporters.
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