Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body graveless as Dzhokhar's friend Robel Phillipos may be released from custody pending trial Massachusetts funeral home owner says Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body should be sent to Russia for burial. A FUNERAL director cannot find a cemetery to take alleged Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body, as a friend of his brother has been released from jail. Worcester funeral director Peter Stefan has struggled to find a cemetery to take Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body and will now ask the city of Cambridge to allow him to be buried in a city-owned cemetery because the brothers lived in Cambridge for the last decade. Tamerlan was killed after a gunbattle with police four days after the bombings. But Cambridge City Manager Robert Healy said he is urging Tsarnaev's family not to make the request. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, suspected mastermind of the Boston bombings. Picture: Splash Australia "The difficult and stressful efforts of the citizens of the City of Cambridge to return to a peaceful life would be adversely impacted by the turmoil, protests, and wide spread media presence at such an interment," Mr Healy said in a statement. Mr Healey said the families who have loved ones interred at the cemetery also deserve to have their deceased family members rest in peace. He said federal agencies should take the lead in the burial. Mr Stefan said if Cambridge turns him down, he will seek help from state officials. Mr Stefan said that he is looking outside of Massachusetts and does not think Russia will take the body. Ruslan Tsarni, left, uncle of killed Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, departs the Graham, Putnam, and Mahoney Funeral Parlors, in Worcester, Massachusetts with funeral director Peter Stefan, right. Tamerlan Tsarnaev's uncle, Ruslan Tsarni, of Montgomery Village, Maryland, and three of his friends met with Stefan on Sunday to wash and shroud Tsarnaev's body according to Muslim tradition. 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. I'm dealing with logistics. A dead person must be buried," he said. Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev is the surviving brother of Tamerlan, both are accused of committing the Boston Marathon bombings. He said he was grateful to Mr Stefan for agreeing to arrange the burial and to his friends for accompanying him to Massachusetts to aid with the funeral. "These are my friends who feel for me...as I do understand no one wants to associate their names with such evil events," he said. The latest developments come after a magistrate agreed to release a friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev from federal custody while he awaits trial for allegedly lying to federal investigators probing the bombings. A Boston court will consider releasing Robel Phillipos, above, friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev out on house arrest pending his trial for lying to investigators. Robel Phillipos, 19, was charged last week with lying to investigators about visiting Tsarnaev's college dorm room after the bombings. The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth student faces a maximum of eight years in prison if convicted. Prosecutors initially asked that Phillipos be held while he awaits trial, arguing that he poses a serious flight risk. But both sides said in the court motion filed today they agreed to allow Phillipos to be released on $US100,000 ($97,000) bond, provided he be confined to home and wear an electronic monitoring bracelet. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler agreed to the strict house arrest during a hearing Monday afternoon. She told Phillipos he was allowed to leave the house only for meetings with his lawyers or true emergencies. Ruslan Tsarni, right, uncle of killed Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, prepares to speak with reporters in front of the Graham, Putnam, and Mahoney Funeral Parlors, in Worcester as funeral director and owner Peter Stefan, left, stands nearby. A huge crowd of supports, including Phillipos' relatives, friends and grade-school principal, showed up to the courthouse for the detention hearing. It was not immediately clear when Phillipos would be released. Mr Phillipos is accused of lying to investigators about visiting Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's college dorm room on April 18, three days after the bombings. Two other friends were charged with conspiring to obstruct justice by taking a backpack with fireworks and a laptop from Tsarnaev's dorm room. All four had studied at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Defence attorneys for Mr Phillipos said in court documents their client had nothing to do with the deadly bombings and isn't a flight risk. From left, Lisa Taurasi, Lucy Rodriguez and Luis Barbosa, all of Worcester, Massachusetts, hold protest signs as they stand across the street from Graham Putnam & Mahoney Funeral Parlors. Picture: AP/Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Betty Jenewin) The Tsarnaev brothers are accused of carrying out the bombings using pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails, ball bearings and metal shards. The attack killed three people and injured more than 260 others near the marathon's finish line. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured and remains in a prison hospital. He has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction and faces a potential death sentence if convicted. Tsarnaev, who had appeared in surveillance photos wearing a black cap, was identified by authorities as Suspect No. The state medical examiner ruled that Tsarnaev died from gunshot wounds and blunt trauma to his head and torso, and authorities have said his brother ran him over in a chaotic getaway attempt. Mr Tsarni has denounced the acts his nephews are accused of committing and has said they brought shame to the family and the entire Chechen ethnicity. Both parents returned to Dagestan last year.