Mourners attended the funeral Friday of a Pakistani female field hockey player who died in a migrant boat crash off Italy's coast last month, sending a wave of shock and grief through this impoverished Islamic nation.
The boat carrying the athlete, Shahida Raza, and 170 others set sail from the Turkish port of Izmir last month. Aboard were people from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and other countries who were seeking a better quality of life in Europe. It broke apart in rough waters off Calabria, killing Raza and at least 66 others.
Raza's family said the athlete attempted to emigrate to Europe to find a good job and earn money for the treatment of her disabled son, 3, so he could live a normal life. The boy, who was not on the boat, suffered brain damage as a baby and is also paralyzed on one side of his body. He remained in Pakistan.
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