Lithuanians bid farewell to US soldiers who died during training exercise

A motorcade of catafalques rolls to attend a solemn farewell ceremony at Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, for US soldiers who died during training exercise (Mindaugas Kulbis/AP)

Lithuania’s political and religious leaders joined thousands of people to bid farewell to four American soldiers who died during a training exercise in the Baltic nation.

President Gitanas Nauseda and other dignitaries were among those who stood in respect as hearses carried the bodies of the four young Americans to Vilnius airport before being flown to the US for burial.