Russia: Funeral held for school fire victims

Grieving relatives, friends and officials held a funeral today for the 22 children killed when their wooden Siberian schoolhouse burned down in one of two deadly fires at schools in Russia last week. They were buried in a common grave.

Emergency officials in the Yakutia region believe they found the remains of all the victims of the fire in the village of Sydybal, but not all could be identified because they were too badly damaged, TVS television reported. The blaze left the school a smouldering heap.