Funeral for murdered Italian priest to be held in Rome

Thousands of people filed past the coffin of an Italian priest shot dead in Turkey ahead of his funeral in a Rome basilica today.

The body of Rev. Andrea Santoro was taken to the Rome church of Santi Fabiano e Venanzio where he once worked. As many as 10,000 mourners went there yesterday to pay their respects, the news agency Apcom reported.