City unites in silent tribute to victims of horror attack

Thousands stood with heads bowed yesterday in cold and wind at a silent ceremony to remember the victims of the-grenade and automatic rifle attack that left five dead in one of Belgium’s biggest cities.

Prime minister Elio Di Rupo and Crown Prince Philippe stood with the mayor of Liege in a solemn ceremony on the same cobblestones that were stained with blood last Tuesday.

Investigators are still looking for clues to why Nordine Amrani, 33, swept into the central square in the middle of the Christmas shopping season to unleash the rampage that killed four people and wounded 123 others. He killed himself immediately after the attack.

Instead of speeches, a lone trumpet pierced the silence. Officials carried white roses and added them to a wall of mementos that has grown as Liege residents expressed their grief.