Russia ? Authorities on Friday refused to release the bodies of men suspected of being involved in last week’s deadly assault on law enforcement offices, angering their families who said even accused terrorists deserve a proper burial.

Mothers of the suspected militants have held around-the-clock vigils outside the morgue where dozens of bodies were being held by the government. Some residents allege that their relatives had been unfairly identified as participants in the militant raid.

Olesya, a 40-year-old, black-clad woman who did not want to give her last name, vowed to burn herself alive in the main square if she doesn’t get the body of her son.

“Maybe this sort of torch will rouse a drop of humanity in them,” she said, protesting with nearly 200 people outside the morgue.

At least 139 people died in the brazen daytime assault Oct. 13 on law enforcement offices in Kabardino-Balkariya – including the 94 accused attackers, according to official tallies. Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, the purported author of modern Russia’s worst terrorist attacks, claimed he was behind it, according to a statement posted on a Chechen rebel-connected Web site.