Ashley Johnston hailed as the Kurds' hero in Sydney funeral

By Daisy Dumas
Updated April 2 2015 - 8:13pm, first published 5:58pm
Ashley Johnston's mother (centre, right), Amanda, joins the funeral procession in Macquarie Park.  Photo: Nick Moir
Ashley Johnston's mother (centre, right), Amanda, joins the funeral procession in Macquarie Park. Photo: Nick Moir
Hundreds of people from the Kurdish community attended the funeral. Photo: Nick Moir
Hundreds of people from the Kurdish community attended the funeral. Photo: Nick Moir

When Amanda Johnston identified her son's body in Canberra just days ago, she first gently slapped, then kissed, the young man who had been torn apart by AK47 bullets in northern Syria.

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