We spoke to Reverend Rachel Bray - who's from one of the local churches here.
Absolutely. I’ve lived here for over 25 years. It’s a community I know and love. It feels like a safe community and to have this happen is devastating. The community is just in complete shock tonight and grief.Reverend Rachel Bray:
Initially hearing through social media, and then just different people have been in touch as the day has gone on. Trying to not respond to speculation, waiting to hear the facts of what’s emerged that we’ve heard this evening, which is so shocking and devastating, really.And how do you speak to people who will be desperately trying to make sense of something like this? What can you say?Absolutely. There are often no words in a situation. It’s about being with, and being alongside people.
Absolutely. It’s fundamental. This is a moment for the community to step up, to be together, to quieten all of this stuff on social media. To come together, to be supportive and to be there, to comfort one another and to walk the journey together.The police have been quite clear that people shouldn’t be responding to speculation online. They shouldn’t be their own detective, as it were. You would back that call?I’d completely back that call. It’s unhelpful.
Hugely important. We will be there for people, as and when we can be. And we will be in the days and weeks ahead. It’s not just the initial thing, is it? This has ramifications for a long, long time.
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