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Pallbearers with the NYPD Ceremonial Unit carry the casket of officer Didarul Islam during his funeral Thursday.

NEW YORK — Mourners packed a New York mosque on Thursday to honor a Bangladesh-born police officer who embraced the job of protecting his adopted city and gave his life for it when a gunman opened fire in an office building this week.

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