N.Macedonia says goodbye to 45 killed in Bulgaria bus crash

People mourn by the coffins during the burial ceremony for the victims of last week's deadly bus crash in Bulgaria, in the village of Morane, near Skopje, North Macedonia December 3, 2021. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski

MORANE, North Macedonia (Reuters) - Hundreds of mourners gathered in a Macedonian village cemetery in a cold rain on Friday to lay to rest 10 local inhabitants including eight schoolchildren who were among 45 people killed in a bus crash in Bulgaria.

The bus, carrying tourists back to North Macedonia after a weekend trip to Istanbul, caught fire on a highway in the early hours of Nov. 23. All victims have been identified as ethnic Albanians from North Macedonia.