Uncle arranging Boston bomb suspect's burial rites

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By DENISE LAVOIE

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - The uncle of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev arrived in Massachusetts on Sunday to arrange for his burial, saying he understands that "no one wants to associate their names with such evil events."

Ruslan Tsarni, of Montgomery Village, Md., and three of his friends met with the Worcester funeral home director and prepared to wash and shroud Tsarnaev's body according to Muslim tradition. The 26-year-old died after a gun battle with police on April 19.

Funeral director Peter Stefan said he hasn't been able to find a cemetery in Massachusetts willing to take the body. He said he plans to ask the city of Cambridge, where Tsarnaev lived, to provide a burial plot, and if Cambridge turns him down, he will seek help from state officials.

Tsarni told reporters that he is arranging for Tsarnaev's burial because religion and tradition call for his nephew to be buried. He would like him buried in Massachusetts because he's lived in the state for the last decade, he said.

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Ruslan Tsarni, left, uncle of killed Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, departs the Graham, Putnam, and Mahoney Funeral Parlors, in Worcester, Mass., as funeral director and owner Peter Stefan, right, walks him to his car, Sunday, May 5, 2013. Stefan has pleaded for government officials to use their influence to convince a cemetery to bury Tsarnaev, but so far no state or federal authorities have stepped forward. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

[Lucky Luciano]

1. How about some unmarked mass grave potters field type of place?

[Suich]

3. That's what I thought.

[CountAllVotes]

12. same deal here

I do believe a "relative" of mine is buried in "Potter's Field" so to speak.

Luckily, not a "real" relative.

However, what the hell ....

[Posteritatis]

2. Oh boy, time for another of these threads to highlight peoples' better natures. (nt)

[hlthe2b]

4. Yes... As though acting on their fantasies of defiling the body would do anything but

inflame innocent Muslims the world over and show that we can be nearly equally ugly and deranged as those we fight.

[Warpy]

6. The strongest condemnation of the two brothers

came from Uncle Ruslan. Now he's stepped up to try to get one of them buried according to Islamic tradition. I hope he's successful. I also hope the grave is relatively unmarked, to save the graveyard from souvenir hunters.

I wish the haters would just STFU, but they never do.

The kid is dead. Let him be planted in peace.

[elleng]

10. I understand that's the Muslim tradition, unmarked.

Hope the uncle, who lives near me, succeeds, and is able to return home in peace.

[Bluenorthwest]

18. Why do you call him a 'kid'? 27, married with a child. Not a kid.

I do not get the desire to call grown up criminals by the name of children. This man he killed an actual kid, who was 8.

[hamsterjill]

22. I agree.

It's time for the body to be interred quietly and unremarkably, and the news media to move forward.

No matter the wrath that I might feel toward the actions of the bombers, this one is dead, as you say. He cannot hurt anyone again. Let his family have whatever closure they may be able to gain from his burial.

I think we would all do well to have a family member like Uncle Ruslan. Seems like he's principled and very strong. He does what has to be done without complaint.

[closeupready]

16. Yes, witnessing this here, it's a bit like being a sanitation worker

or maybe a better analogy is being a cop who is called upon to restore peace because local adults do not know how to behave like adults.

[SunSeeker]

5. Why doesn't the uncle fly the body to the parents in Dagestan?

The parents said they wanted to bury him in Dagestan/Chechnya, didn't they?

[hlthe2b]

7. I can't imagine an airline willing to ship an unembalmed body.

and if they might, it would likely require a very expensive sealed casket and tens of thousands of $$.

Muslims do not embalm.

[Posteritatis]

8. Because shipping a corpse across international borders is, for some reason, complicated. (nt)

[Ruby the Liberal]

9. Depends on where it is going.

I know someone who got separated from her dog because of an El Al policy that animals can't be transported on the same flight as a corpse in accordance with hachala (jewish law). On her flight was a last minute addition - a body that had to be flown to Israel IMMEDIATELY for burial because of the 24 hour Orthodox rule about burying people within a day of their death. No preapproval necessary. Make check payable.

It was a very nerve wracking situation for her to land and find out her dog was still at La Guardia.

[CountAllVotes]

13. I'll tell ya'

Someone around here says is the big deal.

We meaning the USA, flies planes over there all day long ya' know.

Can't they have him on one of these "flights" as well?

I cry B.S. really, pure stinkin' B.S. on this whole ugly scenario.

[closeupready]

15. Take too long. Islamic tradition is to bury the dead ASAP.

Within three days of death is the rule, if I recall correctly.

[nolabear]

11. This man is just remarkable. He clearly hates this but does what must be done.

It takes a strong character to just do what you believe is right, even when you will face hardship and feel shame for what it connects you to. I hope he's left alone.

[CountAllVotes]

14. true

When they interviewed him, he was outraged you could tell.

He was no liar.

I wish him the best in trying to do what is right!

[CTyankee]

17. At this point, a potters field seems like the best, viable option.

That way, he can have a proper burial according to Muslim law and no one can know it is him so the grave cannot be desecrated. That seems like a good compromise.

[nolabear]

21. Yes, maybe. I wonder if that's even possible though. Maybe at sea,so no one can profit.

Even a Potter's Field is individual sites and someone is going to know. What a legacy.

[Lars39]

19. He's got three good friends, too.

Stand up guys to go to funeral home with him.

[christx30]

23. If they are not currently

in Federal custody for obstruction of justice and/or destruction of justice.

[Lars39]

24. I was referring to the uncle's 3 friends

Who accompanied him to funeral home

[Taverner]

20. Character. nt