00:01Against a murmur of prayers, body bags were lowered into graves marked only with numbers.
00:08Gravediggers placed the first four victims in cinder block plots,
00:12while a small group of locals watched at a cemetery on the tip of North Africa.
00:17The dead, whose identities are unknown, were among the more than 90 migrants
00:23who lost their lives during Spain's deadliest border crisis three weeks ago.
00:27Fueled by misinformation, more than 72,000 people poured into Ceuta,
00:34a Spanish territory that neighbors Morocco.
00:37At Ceuta's Muslim cemetery, 18 migrants were laid to rest on Friday.
00:43An Islamic cleric read prayers and chants praising God,
00:47while funeral workers worked quickly to lower the white body bags and cover them with soil.
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