Remains of slain Japanese aid worker return home

Remains of slain Japanese aid worker return home

KAKEGAWA, Japan - Junko Ito (far L), the mother of Kazuya Ito, a Japanese aid worker kidnapped and killed in Afghanistan, and other relatives walk beside the car carrying his body in Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 31. The body was transferred to Hamamatsu University School of Medicine in the prefecture, where it underwent a police examination and an autopsy before being returned home.

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