11 August, 2011

UK riots: candlelit vigil held for three men killed in Birmingham riots - Telegraph

UK riots: candlelit vigil held for three men killed in Birmingham riots - Telegraph: "At half past 10 last night a group of around 300 people gathered at the petrol station in the Winson Green area of the city, where the three men had died.
They had initially planned to march the two-mile route along the Dudley Road into the city centre.
But with roads in to Birmingham shut they decided to hold a vigil at the station.
Gurpreet Singh, 28, a local Sikh businessman led calls for calm alongside Tariq Jahan, father of murdered businessman Haroon Jahan
He said: 'We need to show solidarity, that we will help whoever we see."

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