Funerals began in Russia on Wednesday for the 64 people, most of them children, whose deaths in a fire at a Siberian shopping mall have roused public anger over official corruption and incompetence. The fire at the Winter Cherry mall in the city of Kemerovo on Sunday killed 41 children. “This tragedy is made even worse by the fact that children became victims of the blaze. People gather to commemorate the victims of a shopping mall fire in Kemerovo on the day of national mourning in central Moscow on Wednesday. At least one vigil held in memory of the dead in cities across Russia has turned into an anti-government demonstration.

Source: The Irish Times March 28, 2018 10:07 UTC