The funeral of the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena bombing has taken place after it was delayed until her mother was well enough to attend. Saffie Rose Roussos had been counting down the days until she got to see her hero Ariana Grande in concert, said her headteacher, Chris Upton, in a eulogy at Manchester Cathedral. The Roussos family were in a foyer minutes after the concert ended when Salman Abedi detonated the bomb that killed Saffie and left Lisa badly injured. In his euology, Upton said Saffie had a “quiet confidence”, was a friend to everybody and was “clearly destined for great things”. Upton said: “As you leave the cathedral today, try and be a little bit more like Saffie: ambitious, good-humoured, loving and passionate.

Source: The Guardian July 26, 2017 16:39 UTC