Shropshire remembers Srebrenica

Shropshire Council held a short interfaith ceremony today (Friday 12 July) to remember the Bosnian genocide of July 1995. 

Children from Mereside Primary School join the ceremony along with Shropshire Council executive director of place Professor Mark Barrow, Imam Sohayb Peerbhai (South Shropshire Interfaith Forum), Councillor Tony Parsons, Reverend Ken Chippendale (Shrewsbury Interfaith Forum) and Lois Dale,(Shropshire Council Holocaust Memorial Day lead)

The ceremony took place at the memorial cherry tree planted outside Shirehall in Shrewsbury. The tree formally commemorates the role of the armed forces in humanitarian efforts around genocides such as befell the Muslim community in Srebrenica.

Children from Mereside Primary School, and representatives of the two interfaith forums in Shropshire, joined with Professor Mark Barrow and Councillor Tony Parsons, who represented the council.