The household and pals of 15-year-old Elianne Andam have gathered for her funeral after she was stabbed to demise whereas on her option to faculty.
The teenager was fatally attacked on 27 September in Croydon, south London, after assembly two feminine pals.
On Saturday, her coffin was dropped at the service on the New Life Christian Centre by a white carriage drawn by 4 white horses with pink plumes.
The pallbearers who accompanied the coffin into the church had been wearing darkish fits with white shirts and pink ties.
Speaking to Sky News a day earlier than the funeral, Elianne’s two aunts stated their household was “broken”.
“I’ve never in my life been in so much pain. This is the first time I’ve left the house since it happened. When I see my sister – her mum – all I see is her tears,” Ruby Paintsi stated.
“We’re broken. The whole family, broken. I keep waking up thinking this is a dream, but it’s not – it’s reality, she’s gone.”
Another of Elianne’s aunts, Regina Boafa, stated the authorities have to do extra to deal with knife crime.
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“We need more money, whatever it takes to be sorted, but the politicians, people making the decisions, they all have to come together and sort out this crime,” Regina Boafa stated.
Elianne was described as a “beautiful person inside and out” by the household in a earlier assertion.
A 17-year-old boy has been charged along with her homicide and is because of face trial on 29 April 2024.
It is claimed the attacker was sporting a masks and gloves, and had eliminated a big knife from his waistband earlier than stabbing Elianne repeatedly.
He then fled the scene.
Rapper Stormzy was amongst those that attended a candle-lit vigil outdoors the Centrale and Whitgift buying centre in Croydon per week after Elianne’s demise.
Source: information.sky.com”