Protesters march on Westminster, demand justice for victims of Grenfell Tower fire

Record ID: 896375

  • Title: Protesters march on Westminster, demand justice for victims of Grenfell Tower fire
  • Date: 21st June 2017
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JUNE 21, 2017) (REUTERS) PROTESTERS MARCHING INTO PARLIAMENT SQUARE PROTESTER CARRYING BANNER READING (English): "JUSTICE FOR GRENFELL" PROTESTERS MARCHING IN FRONT OF PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS PROTESTERS MARCHING PAST POLICE OFFICER ON MOTORBIKE MASKED PROTESTER HOLDING BANNER READING (English): "YOUTH FIGHT AUSTERITY" ROAD BLOCKED BY PROTESTERS POLICE OFFICER TELLING MASKED PROTESTERS TO MOVE OUT OF ROAD / CHANTS OF "JUSTICE FOR GRENFELL" PLACARD READING (English): "JUSTICE FOR GRENFELL" / PROTESTER SHOUTING "PEOPLE WERE LEFT TO BURN IN THAT BUILDING" PROTESTER CHANTING: "WE WANT ANSWERS" PLACARD READING (English): "ANSWERS" PROTESTERS OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS PROTESTER BEING PULLED OUT OF CROWD BY POLICE (AUDIO CROWD SHOUTING "LET HIM GO") POLICE OFFICE SPEAKING TO PROTESTERS POLICE MOTORBIKES GUARDING PARLIAMENT PROTESTERS GATHERED IN FRONT OF PARLIAMENT
  • Embargoed: 5th July 2017 18:27
  • Keywords: Britain protest Grenfell Tower fire death Westminster government
  • Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
  • City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016M83KUF
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Hundreds of protesters descended on Parliament Square in London on Wednesday (June 21) to demand justice for the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.
    The protesters briefly blocked Westminster Bridge Road before being pushed back onto Parliament Square by police.
    Prime Minister Theresa May apologised on Wednesday for the government's failure to support those people who survived the massive London tower block fire, and the government secured its first tranche of new homes for displaced residents.
    Police said 79 people were dead or missing and presumed dead, after the blaze rapidly spread through the 24-storey block.
    The tragedy shone a spotlight on London's economic divide, as it happened a few hundred metres away from one of the wealthiest neighbourhoods in the country.
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