It’s about getting people together to demonstrate our support for these young people.
Hundreds of people gathered for a candle-lit vigil in Luton Park last night (October 4) in memory of 16-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed.
Aimi Rix, an artist living in Farley Hill, organised the vigil and urged people to come together to pray for the teenager, his family and protection of the town as a whole
“Friday was just kind of horrific,” Aimi said. Just ask everyone to come and pray then, bring all the moms to come and pray, a small voice said to me.
“I wanted to draw attention to this because, I’m sure, other cities will take similar actions. It’s about getting people together to demonstrate our support for these young people. They should know that we adore them, in my opinion.
The Social Justice Unit of Luton Council thanked Aimi for organizing the vigil on Facebook. The unit wrote on social media that there was a “beautiful, polite, and peaceful vigil tonight in Wardown Park attended by many to commemorate Ashraf and to show women’s unity against knife crime. Congratulations to Luton, and many thanks to Aimi Rix Artist for organizing.
Deputy mayor Cllr Zanib Raja said on Facebook: “The Luton community came together this evening, for a moment of unity and prayer for the protection and well-being of our children, and for the ones we lost, due to the senseless acts of violence.”
Aimi added: “If everybody could set their alarms for 7pm every night and just in that moment, when the alarm goes off, if they can just a say a small prayer. If everybody in Luton is praying, that’s a big thing.”