Government to Fund Memorial to Victims of Terrorism Government to Fund Memorial to Victims of Terrorism

Government to Fund Memorial to Victims of Terrorism

British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that the UK Government will fund a permanent memorial dedicated to the victims of the Tunisian beach massacre, and other Terrorist attacks overseas.
British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that the UK Government will fund a permanent memorial dedicated to the victims of the Tunisian beach massacre, and other Terrorist attacks overseas.

Mr Cameron said that a separate site of remembrance would be created for all British nationals killed in terrorist atrocities overseas.

He also announced that a special service would be held in the autumn dedicated to all those caught up in the attack on the Tunisian resort of Sousse which left thirty-eight people, including Walsall supporters Joel Richards, his uncle Adrian Evans, and grandfather Charles 'Patrick' Evans dead, and many others injured.

The Prime Minister said: "Those who lost their lives in Tunisia last week were innocent victims of a brutal terrorist atrocity.

"It is right that we mark and commemorate them and others murdered by terrorists overseas appropriately and support the loved ones they have left behind in every way we can."

Foreign Office Minister Tobias Ellwood, who lost his brother, Jonathan, in the 2002 Bali bombing, said that the families would be consulted about the location and design of the memorial, he said; "This memorial will be for the families, so we want to talk to them about our plans to determine what they feel is most appropriate.

"Having been through a similar situation, I know how important it is that these families, who have been united by a single tragedy, have that marked in one place.

"They will end up providing mutual support to each other, and to have this memorial to their loved ones will be very important. It is also right that the nation recognises the scale of this appalling event."

SOURCE: EXPRESS & STAR & BBC NEWS.
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