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Daily Mail
13 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Phoebe Bishop's big sister shares a very strange request for mourners as hundreds come together in Gin Gin for a moving vigil
A moving vigil in memory of slain teenager Pheobe Bishop has drawn a crowd of hundreds, with a speech from her charismatic sister urging those attendance to dance. The community held a candlelight vigil at Kolan Community Park between 4pm and 6pm on Sunday with about 500 mourners wearing bright colours and butterflies. A second candlelight vigil will be held at Buss Park in nearby Bundaberg on Monday from 5pm. Pheobe, 17, went missing near Queensland 's Bundaberg airport about 8.30am on May 15 after booking a trip to WA. On Friday, officers discovered what were believed to be the teenager's remains near Goodnight Scrub National Park. The find was made in 'unforgiving' terrain southwest of Bundaberg, with investigators aiming to also recover the teenager's missing luggage expected to wind up their efforts on Saturday evening. Pheobe's housemates, James Wood, 34, and Tanika Bromley, 33, fronted Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Friday, three weeks to the day after she missed a flight and vanished. Prosecutors allege the pair moved Pheobe's more than once. At the end of the Sunday's vigil, Pheobe's sister Kaylea, 18, dedicated a One Republic song to the teen and said, 'Please stand up and dance, because you know that's what this b****h (Pheobe) would do!' The family immediately broke out dancing and cheering in a moment those in attendance described as incredibly moving. More to follow.
South China Morning Post
4 days ago
- General
- South China Morning Post
7 taken away as Hong Kong police ramp up patrols at former Tiananmen vigil site
Hong Kong police officers have taken away at least seven people holding flowers or candles, including two schoolgirls, in Causeway Bay on the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown A source said that police had ramped up patrols in sensitive locations across the city, such as Victoria Park – where candlelight vigils to commemorate the victims of the June 4, 1989, protests in Beijing had been held over the years – in Causeway Bay and the central government's liaison office in Sai Ying Pun, since Monday. 'There are still people who we believe might use this day to do something out there. We must be on guard and monitor the situation holistically,' the source said on Wednesday. More than 100 officers were stationed outside Victoria Park and nearby areas on Wednesday, with barriers erected on East Point Road to prevent cars from entering. Police officers block off East Point Road in Causeway Bay. Photo: Elson Li The Post saw at least three elderly residents and four young women holding white flowers or candles being taken away in Causeway Bay. One elderly woman who had a light on her waist was stopped immediately and pulled aside when she tried to walk through Victoria Park.
