Candlelight Vigil at Lake Devo, Ryerson University Campus, Toronto, Canada
United in Grief for Fallen Bangladeshis, United in seeking justice not vengeance.
At 8 pm on Feb 28 2009, despite the cold weather of -25C, Torontonians congregated at Lake Devo, Ryerson Campus, to
honor the fallen from the BDR mutiny on Feb 25 2009.
We lit candles, we shared stories, we mourned and we prayed..we took this moment to remember those
that we have lost and those that have lost and took that within us as the strength to continue our hope
and our seek to justice.
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Unite in Grief. Unite in Justice.
Reach out. Come offer your prayers and your thoughts in remembrance of those families of the fallen.
Vigil at Lake Devo, Ryerson Toronto
Saturday February 28th, 2009
The recent killings of the BDR mutiny, has left us wondering what it takes for someone to react
with such unjust intentions. Are we really that lost where we can no longer find solutions to the
needs we may be have....? Do we not have solutions where it doesn't require the killing of one's life,
killing of one's own integrity and a nation's soul...?
In remembrance of those we have lost and those who have lost...join us tomorrow where we may come
together in unity and prayers of strength and peace, as we mourn the heinous crimes and brutal killings
that have left us in silence and in shocks of cry.
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