BEIRUT (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Lebanese choked downtown Beirut to pay tribute to assassinated Christian leader Pierre Gemayel on Thursday, turning his funeral into a display of mass defiance towards Syria and its Hezbollah allies.
Sunni Muslim, Druze and Christian leaders have accused Syria of killing Industry Minister Gemayel, scion of one of Lebanon's most prominent Maronite families. Damascus has condemned his murder on Tuesday.
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