Russia shopping mall fire: First funerals held for victims as country observes day of mourning
Russia on Wednesday held a national day of mourning and buried the first victims of a fire that ravaged a busy shopping centre in the city of Kemerovo and killed at least 64 people, most of them children
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Russia on Wednesday held a national day of mourning and buried the first victims of a fire that ravaged a busy shopping centre in the city of Kemerovo and killed at least 64 people, most of them children. Reuters
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Flags on government buildings across Russia flew at half mast, state TV and radio stations removed light entertainment shows from their schedules, and lawmakers in Moscow observed a minute of silence. Reuters
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At a funeral service in a Russian Orthodox church in Kemerovo, about 3,600 kilometer east of Moscow, women wailed as prayers were sung over three coffins, including two small caskets for children. Reuters
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A day earlier, President Vladimir Putin flew to Kemerovo and promised angry residents that those responsible for what he called criminal negligence would be punished. AP
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