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Near the site of the blaze a short walk away, a long queue snaked through a park as mourners brought flowers and handwritten notes of remembrance.

In the days after Kirk’s killing, conservative ASU students were planning a vigil for thousands of mourners.

"She was a lady that never did harm. She was very peaceful and hard-working," said one mourner as family, friends and colleagues gathered for a big funeral at her local mosque.

Blue-and-white Israeli flags fluttered in the wind, as mourners held the young lieutenant's portrait alongside a homemade banner reading: "We will remember forever."

Her husband and his cousin were taken for burial – their white coffins carried by black-clad mourners through streets brimming with grief.