One year on from attack, the eight London Bridge dead remembered
THERESA May led the nation in a minute’s silence yesterday in memory of the victims of the London Bridge terror attack.
The Prime Minister joined London Mayor Sadiq Khan and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick in a remembrance service a year on from the atrocity that left eight dead.
Victims’ families and friends laid flowers at the Southwark Needle near the scene as the names of the dead were read out.
Crowds then fell silent to remember those killed and injured when a terrorist trio drove a van into pedestrians on London Bridge, before stabbing revellers in nearby Borough Market. Khuram Butt, 27, Rachid Redouane, 30, and Youssef Zaghba, 22, were shot dead by police.
A floral wreath from Mrs May read: ‘We will never forget those who died and will never surrender to hatred and division.’ A service was held earlier in the day at Southwark Cathedral. Afterwards an olive tree – known as the Tree of Healing – was planted in the grounds using com- post from floral tributes left on the bridge. Ahead of the day’s events, the Prime Minister recalled the ‘stories of courage’ that emerged from the ‘cowardly’ attack, including that of Ignacio Echeverria, who died after confronting the terrorists with his skateboard.
Those killed were James McMullan, 32; Canadian Christine Archibald, 30; Frenchmen Alexandre Pigeard, 26, Sebastien Belanger, 36, and Xavier Thomas, 45; Australians Kirsty Boden, 2 , and Sara Zelenak 21; and Spaniard Mr Echeverria, 39.