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Sobbing PM mourns victims
Hun Sen led mourning ceremony at bridge where 347 people were killed in stampede on Monday.
Last Modified: 25 Nov 2010 15:40 GMT



Hun Sen, the Cambodian prime minister, has led a mourning ceremony for the hundreds of people killed in a stampede on Monday.

He cried as he led a ceremony at the bridge where the tragedy took place.

He has described the incident as the country's largest tragedy since the end of the Khmer Rouge.

Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett reports from the capital, Phnom Penh.

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