Boston Bombings: Funeral For Krystle Campbell

Mourners are gathering at a funeral mass for Krystle Campbell, one of the three people killed in the Boston marathon bombings.

Ms Campbell, 29, died with Lu Lingzi, 23, and Martin Richard, eight, last Monday when two devices exploded near the finish line of the race in the heart of the city.

Despite it being billed as a private funeral, a long queue of people formed outside St Joseph's Church in Medford, north of Boston, hours before the service.

A guard of honour lined up outside the entrance of the church as Ms Campbell's coffin was carried from a hearse through the doors.

The website Boston.com reported photographs from throughout the young restaurant manager's life have been on display at St Joseph's.

Ms Campbell, a restaurant manager, died with two others in the blasts

In the confused aftermath of the attacks, Ms Campbell's parents had been mistakenly told that their daughter was one of those being treated by medics. They later learned she was in fact among the dead.

Her mother, Patty, paid an emotional tribute last week, saying: "She was a wonderful person and everyone who knew her loved her.

"She was always smiling and was such a hard-worker in everything she did. This just doesn't make any sense."

Ms Campbell's funeral is the first to be held in the wake of the killings.

A silence will be held in memory of all the victims at 2.50pm local time, exactly a week after the first of the two bombs went off seconds apart.

Lu Lingzi, 23, and eight-year-old Martin Richard also lost their lives

Bells will ring across the city and state of Massachusetts after the minute-long tribute. President Barack Obama will also be observing a moment of silence, the White House said.

Hours after that, a memorial service is due to be held for Ms Lingzi, a graduate student from China.

As well as the three people killed, more than 180 others were hurt and many required amputations.

Law enforcement officials say that two brothers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev - ethnic Chechens from Russia - planted the devices among spectators at the race before they were tracked down later in the week.

After Tamerlan, 26, was killed early on Friday, 19-year-old Dzhokhar escaped, triggering a manhunt that brought Boston grinding to a halt.

It ended with the teenager's capture in a boat parked next to a house late on Friday night. He was found with gunshot wounds.

The motive for the bombings remains unclear but Tsarnaev, who is unable to talk because of a throat injury, has been able to write responses to questions from his hospital bed.

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