Relatives and friends of those who lost their lives during the Lusignan Massacre were on Friday afternoon encouraged to remain resilient and strive for continued unity as a community.
This was the message delivered by Ministry of Social Cohesion Dr. George Norton at the interfaith memorial service hosted by the Indian Action Committee (IAC) on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the massacre.
“It certainly is not a pleasant moment for me to stand here before you on an occasion like this, describing that event as horrifying is not enough, that ten years ago to some of us seems like it was one year ago and even though it’s a decade, yet some of us cannot fathom what actually happened on the 26th of January ten years ago. I can only imagine the emotions and the trauma that you have been experiencing here of that dreadful incident, particularly the siblings, the immediate relatives and the community in general,” Norton said.
“However, I want to commend you,