Teen shot in Munich buried in home village

Hussein Daitzik, 17, one of the nine victims of a July 22 shooting in Munich, was buried in his family’s native village near the Greek city of Komotini on Wednesday.

His parents and two siblings — they and Hussein were triplets — attended alongside his 72year-old grandmother, who lives in the village. The whole village, both Christians and Muslims, turned out.

Officials attending included the minister of the interior, Panayiotis Kourouplis, the Christian Orthodox Bishop of Komotini and the Mufti of Komotini. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras sent a wreath.

Hussein’s father said his son died while trying to protect his sister, who was in the line of fire of the German-born, 18year-old son of Iranian refugees who went on a shooting spree.