1,400 mourners join memorial for Germanwings crash victims


Floral tributes are placed in front of the Cologne Cathedral, prior to a memorial service for the victims of the Germanwings crash at the Catholic Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, 17 April 2015. - EPA/ROLF VENNENBERND

COLOGNE, Germany, April 17, 2015 (AFP) - Grieving relatives joined political and religious leaders Friday for a sombre German state memorial service for the victims of last month’s Germanwings crash in the French Alps, blamed on a depressed co-pilot.

Flags flew at half-mast nationwide for the 150 dead during the ecumenical service at Cologne’s historic cathedral attended by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Joachim Gauck along with officials from France and Spain.

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