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Mourning in Mumbai

November 18, 2012 11:00 pm • Last Updated: November 18, 2012 10:39 pm

Indian mourners gather beside a truck carrying the body of Hindu hardline Shiv Sena party leader Bal Thackeray during his funeral Sunday in Mumbai, India. Hundreds of thousands of supporters filled the streets of Mumbai for the funeral of Thackeray, a Hindu extremist leader linked to waves of mob violence against Muslims and migrant workers in India. Thackeray died Saturday after an illness of several weeks. He was 86.

Indian mourners gather beside a truck carrying the body of Hindu hardline Shiv Sena party leader Bal Thackeray during his funeral Sunday in Mumbai, India. Hundreds of thousands of supporters filled the streets of Mumbai for the funeral of Thackeray, a Hindu extremist leader linked to waves of mob violence against Muslims and migrant workers in India. Thackeray died Saturday after an illness of several weeks. He was 86.

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