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| Services for US massacre victims |
| Memorial services have been held across the US for the 32 people gunned down at Virginia Tech university last week.
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 23-April-2007
1:46:34 AM |
| Prayers were said at the National Cathedral in Washington during a special evening service.
Virginia Tech classes resume on Monday and university officials are due to mark the occasion by tolling a bell for each of the victims.
Student Cho Seung-hui killed 32 people and himself, in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern US history.
The National Cathedral service began with a procession of officials and Virginia Tech graduates carrying a candle for each person who died.
One candle represented the South Korean-born gunman, who came to the US with his family in 1992.
The Reverend Howard Anderson drew comparisons between Cho's bloody rampage and the carnage in Iraq, but he also called for compassion for the gunman.
"He too is a child of God, and a victim of the social stigma attached to depression and other mental illness which prevents people from getting the help they need," Mr Anderson said.
In a similar sign of reconciliation, mourners at Virginia Tech have added a 33rd stone representing Cho's life to a victims' memorial on the school's drill field.
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