3:34pm Monday 6th July 2009
The funeral of a pregnant Egyptian woman stabbed to death in a German courtroom has been held.
In an incident which has shocked the world, Marwa Sherbini was stabbed 18 times by a German man of Russian descent as she was about to give evidence against him. He was appealing against his conviction for calling her a "terrorist" for her wearing the hijab.
The funeral took place in the northern city of Alexandria.
The knife attack was witnessed by the woman's three-year-old son.
Sherbini's husband, an Egyptian academic, was also injured as he tried to protect his her.
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