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Funeral set for next Wednesday for dead British arms expert
London, July 30: The funeral of weapons expert David Kelly, at the centre of a political furore over Britain`s engagement in the Iraq war, will be held next on Wednesday, police said.
London, July 30: The funeral of weapons expert David Kelly, at the centre of a political furore over Britain's engagement in the Iraq war, will be held next on Wednesday, police said.
The private service will take place at 2 pm (1830 IST) at Saint Mary's Church in Longworth, a town in Oxfordshire near to Kelly's home in Southmoor, Thames Valley police said.
Kelly has been named as the source of a BBC report --hotly denied by Prime Minister Tony Blair -- that the British government exaggerated the threat posed by Iraqi weapons of mass destruction in the run-up to war. The former UN arms inspector was found dead with a slit wrist in woods a few miles from his home on July 18, a day after his wife reported him missing and three days after he appeared before a parliamentary committee.
A judicial inquiry into Kelly's death, ordered by Blair and led by Lord Brian Hutton, is to open Friday with a preliminary hearing at the royal courts of justice in central London.
Bureau Report
Kelly has been named as the source of a BBC report --hotly denied by Prime Minister Tony Blair -- that the British government exaggerated the threat posed by Iraqi weapons of mass destruction in the run-up to war. The former UN arms inspector was found dead with a slit wrist in woods a few miles from his home on July 18, a day after his wife reported him missing and three days after he appeared before a parliamentary committee.
A judicial inquiry into Kelly's death, ordered by Blair and led by Lord Brian Hutton, is to open Friday with a preliminary hearing at the royal courts of justice in central London.
Bureau Report