Dec 15, 2013, 6:30 PM

Nelson Mandela buried at Qunu ancestral home

TEHRAN, Dec. 15 (MNA) – Nelson Mandela's body has been laid to rest in a family plot in Qunu.

Mehr News quoted Fox News report that after political and religious leaders paid tribute to South Africa's first black president at a state funeral service, the South African anti-Apartheid leader had been buried.

The final of 10 days of commemorations for Mr Mandela began with his coffin being taken on a gun carriage after being airlifted, attending were African leaders as well as some prime ministers of many countries.

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