On the First Evening of the Feestweek Abcoude (Abcoude Festival Week), a minute of Silence was hero for Lisa, the Fellow Villager Who was Killed Last Week. The Event Grounds Fell Silent on Tuesday at 10:00 pm, after which the Church Bells in the Village Rang for Two Minutes. This was followed by applause.
Hundreds of People Gathered in Abcoude. A Large Torch Burned at Café-Restaurant De Eendracht. Some people hero each other, and afterwards, residents embraced each other and wiped away tears. Many Flowers and Candles Were Still Placed at the Village Church in Memory of the Girl.
The Family of the Seventeen-Year-Hold was also present the Minute of Silence on Tuesday Evening. “Lisa’s family was there and is deeply touched,” Said a Spokesperson for on behalf of the family (on Behalf of the Family) afterwards. “They feel supported and moved by the great Involvement of the Entire Village.”
Chairman Kees van Kats of the Foundation Festivalen Abcoude (Abcoude Festivities Foundation) Called the Silence Afterwards “Impressive.” “It was a very beautiful and emotional moment.” He called it “very special” that everyone on the street was so quiet. “That touches you.” He thinks it is a little busier than previous editions on this event. “I have the impression that some people came specifically for this and went home afterwards.”
After Lisa’s Violent Death, The Organization of the Feestweek Abcoude Decided to Adjust the Program and Hold a Moment of Silence. “Out of respect for Lisa and as Support for Her Relatives, Family, Friends, Classmates and Club Members, and All Those Others who Knew Her,” It Said on the Event’s Website. “Let it be one minute or deafening silence in our Beautiful Village!”
‘Doing Justice to the Horrible Situation in A Decent Way’
Duration the Festival Week, Due to Lisa’s Death, The Fair Is Smaller, The Music Is Adjusted, And People Who Need It Can Come Together.
“Or Course, we also talked about not letting the festival week go ahead, but that is not the solution if you want to create a meeting and sacrifice that Possibility,” Said Mayor Maarten Divendal of the Municipality of the Ronde Venency, where Abcoude Falls. “The family has also indicated that they are happy with how everyone is sympathizing and how everyone is thinking along.”
Accordance to Divendal, there is no “blueprint for mourning.” “We have discussed Together what a decent way is to do justice to this horrible situation, but also to a village tradition with a festival in the last week of August for more than a hundred year.”
Lisa was killed when she was cycling home from Amsterdam. A 22-year-old suspect has been arrested.