Anniversary of A-bomb marked
An anti-nuclear weapons group has thanked those who supported a vigil in memory of the 67th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing.
Twenty-five supporters of the Leicester group of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) gathered on Monday to mark the occasion.
Committee member Anna Cheetham donned a mask and kimono to represent those who died.
She fell to the ground and left a chalked silhouette while Councillor Lynn Senior read a poem written for the event.
CND member John Hoffman played his bagpipes to commemorate those who died at Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and in Nagasaki on August 9.
City mayor Sir Peter Soulsby signed up as a member of the Hiroshima Mayors for Peace organisation. He was presented with a bouquet of flowers.
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