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Boston Suspect’s Parents Say Want to Bury Son in Dagestan

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The parents of suspected Boston Marathon bombers want to bury their son killed in a shootout with police in Dagestan and are collecting funds to send his body to Russia, the Tsarnaev brothers’ father, Anzor Tsarnaev, said Monday.

MAKHACHKALA, May 7 (RIA Novosti) - The parents of suspected Boston Marathon bombers want to bury their son killed in a shootout with police in Dagestan and are collecting funds to send his body to Russia, the Tsarnaev brothers’ father, Anzor Tsarnaev, said Monday.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, and his brother Dzhokhar, 19, are accused of planting bombs at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15 that killed three people and injured over 260. Tamerlan died in a shootout with police on April 19, while Dzhokhar was wounded following a massive manhunt.

The brothers, who come from a family of ethnic Chechens, lived in Dagestan, a violence-ridden republic in Russia’s North Caucasus region, and the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan before moving to the United States nearly a decade ago.

“We want to take our son’s body to Russia and bury him here, but US authorities are impeding that,” Anzor said. “We are even collecting money to ship the body.”

Cemeteries in Massachusetts have refused to provide a gravesite for Tamerlan. Dozens protested in Boston against his burial in the United States.

Tsarnaev’s uncle, Ruslan Tsami, who in the days following the bombing talked about the “shame” his nephews had brought on the family, arrived in Massachusetts from Maryland over the weekend to claim the body and try to arrange burial rites for Tamerlan.

Tamerlan’s mother over the weekend called the Massachusetts funeral home where his body is currently being held and said she wants his remains to be shipped to Russia, the director of the facility said Monday.

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