Moving scenes at city vigil in solidarity with Paris terror victims

Father Tim Curtis, of St Anne’s Orthodox Christian Church, Cattle Market Road, was one of several speakers at this evening’s vigil outside All Saints Church and emphasised that the killers had no real links to Islam.

There, the crowd observed a minute of silence.

It comes as police named one of the attackers as French citizen Ismael Omar Mostefai, 29, who was apparently known to security services.

About 500 people assembled under a light rain in Montreal to honor the victims of the deadly Paris assaults, carrying signs that read “We will not retreat”, and “We will defend our values”. Nothing they say or do looks like a faith in God.

“They are being sold a lie. It’s about power and poverty”. After two mass terror attacks in nine months, they’re not sure about going back.

“My brother in Christ (fellow worker) from Scotland was also there, and he heard the shots and explosions”. I’ve been there many times.

“I’m here in solidarity with the French people”.

Hours after the Friday night attacks in Paris that left at least 129 dead, a makeshift memorial started taking shape outside the French consulate in Quebec, as people left bouquets of flowers and lit candles. Mourners gathered in Century City in a show of solidarity. “We must stay strong and stay together, and keep on meeting,”she said”.

People across cities including Rome, Stockholm, Istanbul and Berlin turned out to pay their respects.

“This shows that we are not afraid”.