INDIA-CRIME-VEERAPAN-FUNERAL

Muthulakshmi, widow of Indian bandit Veerapan cries at his funeral in the town of Moolakadu, in the west of the state of Tamil Nadu, 20 October 2004. Thousands of people turned out for the funeral of India's most wanted bandit, whose killing in a police trap 19 October, ended a decades-old run of bloodshed and crime. "Bandit king" Koose Muniswamy Veerappan was killed in a 20-minute shootout in a forest in Tamil Nadu state, marking the final chapter in one of India's longest-ever manhunts. AFP PHOTO/Courtesy of DINAMALAR COPYRIGHT SCANPIX SWEDEN Code: 444