Dead Boston bombing suspect buried

Dead Boston bombing suspect buried
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Summary Sgt. Kerry Hazelhurst says the body is no longer in Worcester and is now entombed.

 

BOSTON (AP) - Police in Worcester Worcester Massachusetts, say the body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried outside of the city.

 

Police said in a statement Thursday that "a courageous and compassionate individual came forward" to properly bury the remains, which had been at a Worcester funeral home for about a week.

 

Police did not disclose where the body was taken.

 

Tsarnaev s body had been at the Graham Putnam & Mahoney Funeral Parlors for a week. Director Peter Stefan says he could not find a community willing to take the body, including Cambridge, where the family had lived for a decade.

 

Tsarnaev s uncle, Ruslan Tsarni, had custody of the body.
 

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