Soldier’s funeral held in Nicosia (video)

The funeral of 20-year-old Cypriot soldier Giorgos Hadjionna took place on Tuesday morning at the Ayia Sofia church in Strovolos.

Hadjionna was a student at the Evelpidon Military School in Greece and, according to a statement from the military, lost consciousness during a training exercise in Rentina last Friday.

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Graduates of the school at the funeral wore their distinctive white uniforms to pay respects to Hadjionna at the church.

Hundreds of mourners packed the church for the funeral, also attended by President Nikos Christodoulides.

The body was flown from Thessaloniki to Larnaca on Monday evening, and while the autopsy has been completed, an official cause of death has not yet been disclosed.