National Hate crime awareness week

April Acts of Remembrance

Gathering

We met in Brick Lane today to remember the victims of the Brick Lane Nail Bomb 25 years ago.

Attending was

• Mark Healey
• Tower Hamlets Council
• Tower Hamlets Enforcement Officers
• Councillor Kamrul Hussain (Whitechapel)
• Councillor Suluk Ahmed (Equalities and social inclusion)
• Johanna Kaschke (Tower Hamlets Crime Watch)
• Poet Laureate for the LGBTQ community
• members of the community.

We understand at tonight’s Council Cabinet meeting a minutes silence was held at the beginning of the meeting. See link.

In April 1999 the London communities of Brixton, Brick Lane and Soho were targeted by a series of nail bomb attacks over fourteen days. David Copeland planted three nail bombs over the course of three weeks targeting the Black, Asian and Gay communities of London hoping to stir up fear and hatred.

The April Acts of Remembrance is held annually to remember those we lost, stand with those affected by these attacks and educate future generations to eliminate all forms of hate.

More information can be found at; https://nationalhcaw.uk/april-acts-of-remembrance

• Date of Event: Wednesday April 24th
• Time: 6pm
• Venue: Outside 40 Brick Lane, London E1 6RF

From the speeches it appears that the bombers left his bombs around in the street, in a pub and someone even put one of the bombs into his car, where it went off, the one in a pub killed a pregnant woman. People had been asked to look after the bag whilst going to the cash machine.

May we invite you to take the free online awareness course about suspicious packages and what to do when you see one. Please do never accept to look after a strangers bag and always become weary if you see unattended bags.