By RIA Novosti
Tokyo : Thousands of people Thursday gathered in Japan’s Nagasaki Peace Park located near the epicentre of the 1945 atomic bombing to commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the tragedy.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other officials gathered at the peace memorial and placed wreaths, where a list of over 143,000 victims was also placed. After a minute’s silence, white doves were set free in the air.
The US detonated its “Fat Man” nuclear bomb over Nagasaki Aug 9, 1945.
A total of 40,000 people were killed outright in the Nagasaki bombing, and about 25,000 were injured. Thousands died later from related injuries, and radiation sickness from the nuclear fallout.
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