Hundreds gather for migrants’ funeral [SLIDESHOW]

A funeral service was held this afternoon for three of the victims from the tragedy in which the boat that was carrying them, along with hundreds of other migrants, capsized 65 miles off the island of Lampedusa on October 11^th.

The victims were a Syrian woman and two children, whilst many of the ones who attended the ceremony at the mosque in Paola were on the same boat which capsized.

After the funeral, the bodies were carried to the burial patch, situated in the grounds behind the mosque, where their bodies were laid to rest.