Is one of the most powerful things that came out of this news conference, saying that behind every one of those thousands of people, Tens Of Thousands, they said who were affected, is a family. And thats a reminder, they said that saying sorry would go some way, but what would you be saying sorry for . But they would welcome an apology and it is expected when we hear from the Prime Minister later this afternoon there may be an apology on behalf of the government. And i want tojust behalf of the government. And i want to just say that in the last ten minutes or so, we saw some of the relatives behind me. You can still see them there in the distance and theyre holding a banner, its got theyre holding a banner, its got the faces of their beloved on it and the faces of their beloved on it and the caption simply says murdered. Thats the view that people feel here. It felt that many of the report felt that many of the deaths were largely avoidable, and the takeaway is the frustration and ang
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