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| Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev buried | Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev buried |
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| Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried at an undisclosed location, Massachusetts police say. | Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried at an undisclosed location, Massachusetts police say. |
| Tsarnaev's body "is no longer in the City of Worcester and is now entombed", a police statement said. | Tsarnaev's body "is no longer in the City of Worcester and is now entombed", a police statement said. |
| Tsarnaev was killed during a manhunt after last month's bombing, which killed three and injured more than 260. | Tsarnaev was killed during a manhunt after last month's bombing, which killed three and injured more than 260. |
| Authorities had been struggling to find a community willing to accept Tsarnaev's body. | |
| Dozens of protesters picketed the Worcester funeral home holding his body last week. | |
| "As a result of our public appeal for help, a courageous and compassionate individual came forward to provide the assistance needed to properly bury the deceased," a police statement said. | "As a result of our public appeal for help, a courageous and compassionate individual came forward to provide the assistance needed to properly bury the deceased," a police statement said. |
| The statement also thanked "the community that provided the burial site". | The statement also thanked "the community that provided the burial site". |
| Tsarnaev and his brother are accused of planting two bombs near the finishing-line of the Boston Marathon on 15 April. | Tsarnaev and his brother are accused of planting two bombs near the finishing-line of the Boston Marathon on 15 April. |
| After being hit in a shoot-out with police, Tsarnaev was reportedly run over by his younger brother as he escaped from the scene in a car. | After being hit in a shoot-out with police, Tsarnaev was reportedly run over by his younger brother as he escaped from the scene in a car. |
| Surviving brother Dzhokhar is in a prison hospital after being shot and injured during the police manhunt. | Surviving brother Dzhokhar is in a prison hospital after being shot and injured during the police manhunt. |
| The two are also suspected of shooting dead one policeman and injuring another. | The two are also suspected of shooting dead one policeman and injuring another. |
| The family are ethnic Chechen Muslims from Russia and had been living in the US for about a decade. Tamerlan was drawn to radical Islam. | The family are ethnic Chechen Muslims from Russia and had been living in the US for about a decade. Tamerlan was drawn to radical Islam. |
| His wife, Katherine Russell, declined to pick up his body from the medical examiner's office, allowing his relatives to claim the remains instead and arrange for a funeral. | His wife, Katherine Russell, declined to pick up his body from the medical examiner's office, allowing his relatives to claim the remains instead and arrange for a funeral. |