Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s burial angers Virginia Muslims
Officials and local residents of a rural Virginia county say they’re surprised and angered that the body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was buried in a local cemetery.
Tsarnaev, 26, died following an April 19 getaway attempt after a gun battle with police. His younger brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is in custody and is charged with the April 15 bombings.
Their uncle, Ruslan Tsarni of Maryland, took responsibility for the body after Tsarnaev’s wife, Katherine Russell, said she wanted it released to her in-laws. Tsarnaev was buried in a cemetery in Doswell, Virginia, with the help of a faith coalition. “The body’s buried,” Tsarni said. “That’s it.”
