Kiryl Shremko, the security guard killed in last week’s suicide bombing at a shopping mall in Afula, was buried Sunday. The Jewish Agency for Israel flew in Shremko’s family from the former Soviet Union for the funeral. Another security guard — who along with Shremko, 23, blocked the bomber from entering the mall — remains in serious condition.
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