School offers prayers for 2 teachers slain in Afghanistan

School offers prayers for 2 teachers slain in Afghanistan

ONOMICHI, Japan - Teachers at Miki Junior High School in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, offer silent prayers on Sept. 5 during a school gathering for their colleagues Jun Fukusho, 44, and Shinobu Hasegawa, 30, who were found shot to death in Afghanistan.

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