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Report: Montgomery Village Uncle Arranging Funeral For Boston Bombing Suspect

NBC Washington: Ruslan Tsarni, of Montgomery Village, is organizing the funeral for Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

Ruslan Tsarni, the Montgomery Village uncle of the two men suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings, is making funeral arrangements for the suspect killed in a gun battle with police, NBC Washington reported.

Tsarni and three men met with Worcester funeral home director Peter Stefan, according to the report. "The men who accompanied Tsarni plan to wash and perform Muslim burial rites on the body of 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Stefan said," according to NBC Washington.

A number of people have protested outside the funeral home, and Tsarni is anxious to bury his nephew, NBC Washington reported.

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"They just want to get it over with. They want to get him buried,'' Stefan said, according to the report.

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