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16 Feb 2018 2:25 PM
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Even though the tragic events of Grenfell Tower occurred 8 months ago, the devastating story continues to send shockwaves across the nation.

In an attempt to keep victims of last June’s tower block blaze in the national conscience, members of the Justice For Grenfell group paraded billboards posted with the words “71 dead”, “And still no arrests?”, “How Come?” around central London locations, including House of Parliament, London Bridge and St Paul’s Cathedral.

Taking inspiration from the Oscar nominated film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which stars Frances McDormand as a mother seeking to force law enforcement to properly investigate the murder of her daughter, in a statement posted on the Justice 4 Grenfell website, the group accuses the government of similar inaction in their investigation into the blaze.

“Eight months on from the tragedy of the Grenfell Tower, the issue is being ignored,” it reads. “71 people died in the Grenfell Tower. And still no arrests. And still 297 flammable towers. And still hundreds of survivors are homeless. And still they are not represented on the inquiry. And still there is no justice.”

Sadly, according to Cressida Dick, head of the Metropolitan police, the investigation into the fire is unlikely to be complete until 2019 due to the amount of evidence that needed to be reviewed. So it may be some time before victims get a final conclusion on what made this horrific event occur. 

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