Prague: Students and other sympathizers marching through Prague on January the 23rd carrying the Czech National flag Prague: Students and other sympathizers marching through Prague on January the 23rd carrying the Czech National flag in a march of mourning for Jan Palach the 21 year old student who died on January the nineteenth, three days after setting fire two himself in protest against the Russian occupation off Czechoslovakia . vast crowds are expected at his funeral here today and police and troops have been drafted in to control them and as a precaution against possible rioting January 25th 1969