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Manchester police deaths: Vigil for PCs Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes | Manchester police deaths: Vigil for PCs Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes |
(about 9 hours later) | |
A vigil in memory of two police officers who were shot dead in Greater Manchester will be held later. | A vigil in memory of two police officers who were shot dead in Greater Manchester will be held later. |
PC Fiona Bone and PC Nicola Hughes died from gunshot wounds in an attack in Mottram last Tuesday. | PC Fiona Bone and PC Nicola Hughes died from gunshot wounds in an attack in Mottram last Tuesday. |
Residents joined officers in a walk from Hyde police station to the scene of the killings before the vigil was due to start at 10:45 BST. | |
Dale Cregan, 29, has been charged with the officers' murders, along with those of two other men. | Dale Cregan, 29, has been charged with the officers' murders, along with those of two other men. |
The vigil is to include addresses from Ch Supt Nick Adderley and the Reverend James Halstead and a minute's silence at 10:58 BST. | |
'With us in spirit' | |
Huge photographs of the two officers are on display above a sea of floral tributes at the junction of Ashworth Lane and Abbey Gardens where the service will take place. | |
Greater Manchester Police's Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy said the vigil would be a chance to "pray for the dead officers and their families". | |
PC Jo Wainhouse, who organised the three-mile march from Hyde police station to Mottram and the vigil, said: "We felt that Nicola and Fiona left here, went to Mottram and never came back. | |
"So we felt that we'd like to walk so that after the vigil we can pay our respects and then walk back and feel that they are walking back with us in spirit." | |
MP for Stalybridge and Hyde Jonathan Reynolds, who lives in the area, is taking part in the vigil. | |
He said local people "wanted to show their support for the police and how they feel about the tragedy". | |
A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police Federation said the organisation was intending to sell £1 charity wristbands commemorating the two officers. | |
He added that any money raised would be distributed to the families. | He added that any money raised would be distributed to the families. |