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Singaporeans hold vigil for Orlando shooting victims

Participants of 'We Are Orlando Candlelight Vigil' held a minute's silence for the victims

Pulse Orlando, Nightclub
Attack on Pulse Orlando, a nightclub in Florida. Photo: Twitter
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Last Updated : Jun 15 2016 | 12:00 PM IST

About 400 people in Singapore on Tuesday held a vigil for victims of a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, in which 50 people, including the shooter, were killed and 53 were injured.

Participants of this "We Are Orlando Candlelight Vigil" held a minute's silence for the victims and placed glow sticks and electric candles in a heart shape to honour the victims, Xinhua reported.

"People are coming together in the name of love. This shows that hate will not win...We want to tell them that hate will not win. Tonight, we show that in times of tragedy, people come together in the name of love," Nicholas Lim, organiser of the event and also founder of an online LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community "GLBT Voices Singapore", was quoted as saying.

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First Published: Jun 15 2016 | 12:40 AM IST

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