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Seward vigil
Endale Kebede of Columbia Heights lit a candle during a vigil in Minneapolis Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010. Hundreds of people gathered at Seward Market and Halal Meat on E. Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis to remember the three men killed at the market Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010.
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Osman "Abdifatah" Elmi, 28, of St. Paul worked at Seward Market and Halal Meat. A mourner at his funeral Friday at a Burnsville mosque carries a photo of Elmi and his family. He was one of three men shot and killed in a Minneapolis corner store on Wednesday night.
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Seward vigil
Endale Kebede of Columbia Heights lit a candle during a vigil in Minneapolis Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010. Hundreds of people gathered at Seward Market and Halal Meat on E. Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis to remember the three men killed at the market Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson
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Mayor R.T. Rybak
Mayor R.T. Rybak spoke with community members during a vigil in Minneapolis Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010. Hundreds of people gathered at Seward Market and Halal Meat on E. Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis to remember the three men killed at the market Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson
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