Published on Oct 18, 2012
PHNOM PENH (AFP) - The body of Cambodia's
revered former King Norodom Sihanouk arrived back in his homeland on
Wednesday as tens of thousands of mourners filled the streets of the
capital to pay their last respects.
An Air China special flight from Beijing, where the ex-monarch had
been receiving medical treatment since January, transported his coffin
to Phnom Penh airport.
Published on Oct 18, 2012
In this photo released by China's
Xinhua News Agency, Cambodian Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk
and Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni pray in front of the body of
Cambodian former King Norodom Sihanouk at China's Beijing Hospital on
Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012. Sihanouk died on Monday at age 89 of a heart
attack in Beijing, where he had been receiving medical treatment since
January for multiple ailments. -- PHOTO: AP
Published on Oct 18, 2012
In this photo released by China's
Xinhua News Agency, Cambodian Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk
and Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni, (front left), visit China's Beijing
Hospital in Beijing, China to bring home the body of Cambodian former
King Norodom Sihanouk, unseen, on Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012. Sihanouk died
on Monday at age 89 of a heart attack in Beijing, where he had been
receiving medical treatment since January for multiple ailments. --
PHOTO: AP
A Cambodian honour guard transports
the body of the late former king Norodom Sihanouk from a plane at the
Phnom Penh International Airport on Oct 17, 2012. Tens of thousands of
mourners lined the streets of the Cambodian capital on Oct 17 to pay
their last respects to revered former king Norodom Sihanouk on his final
journey home from China. -- PHOTO: AFP
People pray as they see the coffin of
former king Norodom Sihanouk on a royal truck along a street in Phnom
Penh on Oct 17, 2012. Tens of thousands poured into Cambodia's capital
to witness the procession on Wednesday of the body of Sihanouk, a
revered figure who ruled through the triumph of independence to the
tragedy of its brutal civil war. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
People attend the procession of the
body of former king Norodom Sihanouk along a street in Phnom Penh on Oct
17, 2012. Tens of thousands poured into Cambodia's capital to witness
the procession on Wednesday of the body of Sihanouk, a revered figure
who ruled through the triumph of independence to the tragedy of its
brutal civil war. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Mourners react as the coffin of former
king Norodom Sihanouk arrives at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on Oct
17, 2012. Tens of thousands poured into Cambodia's capital to witness
the procession on Wednesday of the body of Sihanouk, a revered figure
who ruled through the triumph of independence to the tragedy of its
brutal civil war. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A phoenix float carrying the casket
carrying late former King Norodom Sihanouk arrives at the Royal Palace
in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012. The body of
Cambodia's late King returned to his homeland on a plane from China on
Wednesday, welcomed by tens of thousands of mourners who packed
tree-lined roads in the Southeast Asian nation's capital ahead of the
royal funeral. -- PHOTO: AP
Thousands of mourners gather at the
gates of the Royal Palace minutes after the coffin of former king
Norodom Sihanouk arrived in Phnom Penh on Oct 17, 2012. -- PHOTO:
REUTERS
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