BRUSSELS, Belgium (Reuters) – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and members of the college of Commissioners observed a minute of silence on Wednesday (May 24) in solidarity with the victims of an attack in Manchester that killed 22 people.
Guenther Oettinger, European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources said Europeans “mourn with the British people.”
The minute of silence was held on the sidelines of the weekly commissioners meeting, while EU flags hung at half-mast in commemoration of the victims.
The Manchester bombing was the deadliest attack in Britain since July 2005. It left 64 people wounded, of whom 20 were receiving critical care for highly traumatic injuries to major organs and to limbs, a health official said.
