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Thousands attend funeral for slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah

A vehicle carries the coffins of former Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddin during a public funeral ceremony, in Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon [Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters]

Tens of thousands of people in Lebanon paid their last respects to Hezbollah’s late leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli attack in the southern suburbs of the capital, Beirut, last September.

The public funeral, delayed for security reasons, began at 1pm local time (11:00 GMT) on Sunday at Beirut’s Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, which has a capacity of about 50,000 people.

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