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A Chinese peacekeeper killed while serving with the UN mission in Mali has been given a hero’s funeral in his home province.
The ashes of 29-year-old first sergeant Shen Liangliang were interred on Tuesday in a cemetery for national heroes in his native Henan. State media reports said thousands of people lined the streets along the route from the funeral home to the cemetery.
Shen was killed in a May 31 car bomb attack in the northern town of Gao in which five other peacekeepers were injured. His body was flown back to China on a chartered flight and greeted by an honor guard at Beijing airport.
The honours accorded Shen underscore the importance China attaches to its participation in UN peacekeeping missions as a symbol of its global engagement.