Live: Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis' funeral procession underway

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Militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy chief of Iraq's paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces who was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq's capital Baghdad, is being buried in the Iraqi city of Najaf. Thousands of mourners gather on the streets during the funeral procession. CGTN brings you more.