The 25th anniversary of the Dunblane tragedy will be marked privately by residents “as is the case every year”, a local minister has said.
Despite churches being closed due to coronavirus restrictions, Rev Colin Renwick, minister at Dunblane cathedral, will hold worship online tomorrow and remember the victims in prayer.
The massacre in the Stirlingshire town shocked the nation and led to the UK enforcing some of the strictest firearms legislation in the world.
Rev Renwick said: “Many people in Dunblane will be marking this particular anniversary as they mark March 13 every year – quietly, privately and with respect for those who lost their lives in the tragedy of 25 years ago.”
Between 9am and 12pm today, Dunblane’s holy Family church will livestream its commemorative stained-glass windows, erected to mark the anniversary, on its Facebook page.
Parish priest canon Basil O’Sullivan said: “My thoughts and prayers continue to be with those who suffered and lost so much 25 years ago.”
On Thursday, a special programme marking the anniversary aired on STV, with TV host Lorraine Kelly revisiting the town where she reported on the news a quarter of a century ago.
Lynne McMaster, whose daughter Victoria Clydesdale was one of the children killed, told the programme how the five-year-old had a rash but still pleaded to go to school for PE, which was her favourite subject.
She said: “I relive that day over and over and over.
"Because she had gym that day, she wanted to go, so I’ve got the guilt of giving in to her.”
