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20/09/2006
Service held to remember dead Britons
A memorial service for Britons killed or injured in terrorist attacks abroad last year has been held in Southwark Cathedral today.
The service remembered the 13 Britons killed in the following terrorist attacks:
Hundreds of people attended the service, mainly relatives and friends of those who died, as well as some survivors.
A relative of each of the victims lit a candle of remembrance on the altar.
Among those who gave readings during the service were Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell and Trevor Lakin, whose son Jeremy was killed in the Sharm-el-Sheikh bombing.
Mr Lakin called on the government to establish a fund to provide financial help for victims of foreign terrorist attacks.
(KMcA/EF)
The service remembered the 13 Britons killed in the following terrorist attacks:
- The car bomb in Doha, Qatar, on March 19, which killed one Briton and injured 12 others
- A bomb attack, believed to have been carried out by Kurdish separatists, on a tourist bus in Kusadasi, Turkey on July 16, which killed one Briton
- Three bomb attacks in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt on July 23, which killed 88 people, including eleven Britons
Hundreds of people attended the service, mainly relatives and friends of those who died, as well as some survivors.
A relative of each of the victims lit a candle of remembrance on the altar.
Among those who gave readings during the service were Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell and Trevor Lakin, whose son Jeremy was killed in the Sharm-el-Sheikh bombing.
Mr Lakin called on the government to establish a fund to provide financial help for victims of foreign terrorist attacks.
(KMcA/EF)
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