Dozens attend Derry vigil to remember victims of Paris and Beirut attacks

Over 100 people have attended a vigil held in Derry tonight in memory of the victims of Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris.

The event, organised by the Derry Anti War Coalltion, also remembered the victims of Thursday’s bomb attack in Beirut which claimed the lives of at least 50 people.

Main speaker, well-known local human rights campaigner, Eamon McCann, said those killed and injured in the French capital were “ordinary decent people” who were “blown to bits while out enjoying themselves.”

He went on to condemn French President Francois Hollande’s decision to declare war on Islamic State and called for an end to "arms being poured into the region."

Meanwhile, Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has expressed solidarity with the victims of the Paris attacks and all victims of global wars.

He said: "We stand with the people of Paris in their message to the assailants of ISIS, in the words of the famous civil rights song; 'We are not afraid’.”