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People in the Scottish town of Dunblane on Saturday privately marked the 25th anniversary of Britain s worst mass shooting, which led to the introduction of some of the world s toughest gun laws.
Sixteen schoolchildren, aged 5 and 6
, were killed along with their teacher, who tried to protect them when a man opened fire on a gym class before shooting himself.
Covid-19 restrictions have shut churches across Scotland, forcing a day of private reflection.
But Colin Renwick, minister at Dunblane Cathedral, said the victims would be remembered at an online service on Sunday. For those who lost someone in the tragedy, every day will be one of remembering in some way, and the anniversaries that will be just as poignant for them will be the birthdays of those they have lost, as they ponder what might have been, he said.
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People in the Scottish town of Dunblane on Saturday privately marked the 25th anniversary of Britain's worst mass shooting, which led to the introduction of some of the world's toughest gun laws.
The 25th anniversary of the Dunblane tragedy will be marked privately by residents “as is the case every year”, a local minister has said.
Despite churches being closed due to the current coronavirus restrictions, Rev Colin Renwick, minister at Dunblane Cathedral, will hold worship online on Sunday and remember the victims in prayer.
Sixteen children and teacher Gwen Mayor were murdered by gunman Thomas Hamilton when he opened fire on a gym class at Dunblane Primary School on March 13 1996.
The massacre in the Stirlingshire town shocked the nation and led to the UK enforcing some of the strictest firearms legislation in the world.