Thousands attend emotional vigil in Nottingham as mother of victim urges city to ‘hold no hate’
Thousands of people gathered in Nottingham on Thursday night to pay their emotional respects Grace O’Malley-Kumar, Barnaby Webber and Ian Coates – who were all fatally stabbed in the violent knife and van rampage..
Talented 19-year-old students Ms O’Malley-Kumar and Mr Webber were found stabbed to death in Ilkeston Road at around 4am on Tuesday. Dedicated school caretaker Mr Coates, 65, was later found dead in Magdala Road after his van was allegedly stolen by the suspect and then driven at pedestrians. The history student’s tearful brother and father stood behind Mrs Webber as she clutched his photo and said: “My beautiful, beautiful boy, you have mine, your dad and your brother’s heart forever.”
Ms O’Malley-Kumar’s brother James’ voice shook as he called his sister his best friend and said: “If there’s only one message that comes out of this, I urge you all to cherish every moment you spend with your loved ones as you just never know when it will end.” “It feels like he’s touched a lot of hearts over the years, more than what we assumed and knew that he had, so it’s been really nice and heart-warming to see the messages and people come out and talk about how he was when they were younger and how he’s helped them,” he said.
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