Original title: British people watch the night for the victims netizen: 39 people died in a container, terrible and sad
The British people consider it a sad tragedy
On Thursday night local time, British people gathered outside the London home office and Belfast City Hall to hold a vigil for the 39 container victims. Police officials and city councillors also signed a sympathy book and handed it to the Essex Parliament. The local government of grace, therock Council, has lowered its flag at half mast.
Earlier, Essex police chief Ben Julian Harrington said he was very confident in the police and could solve the case in the investigation of the largest death toll in the region's history.
More people left messages on the social platforms of the BBC, the mirror and other British media to express their sadness and condolences.
'I don't think most people can realize how big the death toll is. Think about it, how terrible and sad it is that 39 people died in a container!' Netizens said, 'it's almost impossible to survive in such a long time. It's really tragic.'
'it's terrible. I hope to find out who is responsible for all this deadly cruelty.' A complete tragedy! " Netizens said.
Such a tragedy made Matthew Carter, the emergency liaison officer of the British Red Cross who rushed to the scene for the first time very sad. He said he could not express how great a tragedy it was. 39 lives had no better choice than entering the container.
'This is the hardest thing to deal with in my 30-year career. ' He said.