A minute’s silence will be held in Liverpool later to mark the 35th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster. Ninety-seven men, women and children died as a result of a crush at the FA Cup semi-final on 15 April 1989.
The silence will be observed at Exchange Flags near the Town Hall at 15:06 BST, the time the match was halted 35 years ago. A bell will then toll 97 times, in tribute to each victim. The proceedings will be led by Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Councillor Mary Rasmussen.
Flags will also be flown at half-mast from civic buildings across the city and the Town Hall will light up red this evening, the council said.In a statement online Liverpool Football Club said 15 April was “a significant and poignant date in the club’s history”.
“One which brings LFC together in remembrance and thought to remember the 97 who lost their lives and to share love and support for their families, the survivors and all those impacted by the tragedy.”
Inquests into the deaths of the Hillsborough victims in 1991 found they were accidental but those verdicts were quashed in 2012.
Families and survivors fought a 27-year campaign to prove their relatives and the supporters around them were not to blame.
In 2016, a jury concluded the victims were unlawfully killed and found the supporters did not contribute to their deaths.
Source: BBC
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