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"That one generation fought a war on behalf of three, and endured suffering for three. Salute to the martyrs," a popular RedNote post on Nanjing Photo Studio reads.

"With every strike, the ground shakes. There are martyrs under the rubble that no one can reach because the shelling hasn't stopped," he said.

“I am the martyr. There’s only room for one on this cross and I gotta tell you, the view is fantastic. From up here, I can see your house.”

Last year, the Catholic Church declared him a martyr - one of the steps to sainthood - as it felt his death was the result of his unwillingness to sacrifice his Christian values for money.

Meanwhile, Nebi Hatipoglu, the constituency's lawmaker said the community was "experiencing deep grief" over the loss of the "heroic forest workers who were martyred while fighting the flames".