Liverpool marks 36th Hillsborough anniversary

Liverpool fell silent earlier to mark the 36th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster.

Ninety-seven football fans were fatally injured in a terrace crush at an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest on 15 April 1989.

The minute's silence began across Liverpool at 15:06 BST, the exact time when the match at Sheffield Wednesday's stadium in 1989 was halted.

A bell at Liverpool Town Hall tolled 97 times in tribute to each of the men, women and children who died.

New inquests into the disaster concluded in April 2016 that 96 football supporters were unlawfully killed in the disaster.

The same conclusion was reached by a coroner about the 97th victim, Andrew Devine, following his death in 2021.

Flags were flown at half mast from civic buildings in Liverpool on Tuesday, while Liverpool Town Hall will later be illuminated in red.

Liverpool Football Club also marked the anniversary.

Coaches and captains from the men's, women's, and youth teams laid wreaths at the Hillsborough Memorial at Anfield.

In an online post, the club said the 97 victims "will never be forgotten".

Liverpool also marked the anniversary before Sunday's Premier League match against West Ham United.

A mosaic in tribute to the 97 children, women and men who died was formed on the Kop during a minute's silence.

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