By James Nye and David Mccormack PUBLISHED: 19:26 EST, 15 January 2013 | UPDATED: 06:34 EST, 16 January 2013 Loss: Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz, 26, who faced 35 years in prison over wire fraud charges at MIT, took his own life at his Brooklyn home on January 11 Internet activist Aaron Swartz's father told his son's suburban Chicago funeral that the Reddit co-founder was ‘killed by the government.’ The 26-year-old was found dead of an apparent suicide in his New York apartment Friday. His funeral was Tuesday morning at the Central Avenue Synagogue in his home town of Highland Park, Illinois.
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Internet activist Swartz, 26, committed suicide on January 11 at his Brooklyn home as he faced 30 years in jail
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The internet activist faced decades in prison over hacking charges  for allegedly downloading more than four million academic journals
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His funeral was held Tuesday morning in Chicago
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Speaking during the service, Robert Swartz accused the Government of 'hounding' his son
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