Supporters of India and Pakistan shoved rivalries aside and paid their respects to the victims of the London attack at an Edgbaston Champions Trophy tie won by India
Amid the hustle and bustle of the Edgbaston Road one man stood quite still. The crowd flowed around him like a river past a rock, men, women and children on their way to the game, all sporting splashes of brilliant green and bright sky blue. Nearby a band banged drums while fans danced giddy circles around them. Off to one side, pedlars cried out “hats, horns, scarves and masks” and touts looking for spare tickets muttered muted inquiries under their breath.
Theirs was a slow business, since no one was selling. TV crews cut back and forth across the stream, looking for people to interview. And over the back someone took a match to a pack of fireworks, so plumes of blue smoke swirled overhead. In the middle of it all the standing man held a homemade sign: “London, Manchester, Mumbai, Terror Never Wins”.
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