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		</div><p>Hundreds of people, including young children, have gathered at a Glasgow vigil for the victims of the Manchester attack.</p>
<p>Glasgow City Council organised the event in George Square to allow people to show support and pay their respects after the attack at the Ariana Grande concert on Monday night.</p>
<p>A two-minute silence was held before a wreath was laid by Lord Provost Eva Bolander.</p>
<p>Others who had gathered placed candles, flowers and a teddy in the square.<br />
The council said the people of Manchester were among Glasgow&#8217;s &#8220;closest friends&#8221; and the union flag flew at half-mast above the City Chambers.</p>
<p>Ms Bolander said: <i>&#8220;This was the height of cowardice and truly evil.</p>
<p>&#8220;We stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of Manchester to show strength, love and deep sympathy for all people affected.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Among the crowd of around 200 people in George Square was Joanne Toward and her daughters Carly, 10, and Kayla, six.</p>
<p>She held back tears as she said: <i>&#8220;It&#8217;s heartbreaking. Carly is at the age where she wants to go to concerts and things, it&#8217;s just too sad.</p>
<p>&#8220;We just want to pay our respects in some way.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Council leader Susan Aitken said Glasgow had faced a terrorist attack 10 years ago at the city&#8217;s airport and that citizens would support the people of Manchester.</p>
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<p>She said: <i>&#8220;We didn&#8217;t let it divide us, we supported each other, we stood in solidarity and we will do so again with each other here in Glasgow and people across the UK.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Ms Aitken added: <i>&#8220;This (attack) is very close to home in a city that we have a great deal in common with.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a devastating attack of terror and all we can do is send out love, our sympathy and our condolences and say that we stand in solidarity.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Thomas Kerr attended the vigil because he wanted to pay his respects.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;I was in tears this morning when I found out that one little girl was eight &#8211; my little sister is just seven and that really hit home.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s absolutely shocking and I just want to show my respect and stand in solidarity.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Two teenagers from Barra remain unaccounted for and at least four people were treated in hospitals in Scotland, none with life-threatening injuries, after the attack.</p>
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