Thousands of revellers at a Latino carnival in London fell silent last night as a mark of respect to Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes, who was killed by London police two weeks ago.
The annual Carnaval del Pueblo in Camberwell, south London, was brought to a standstill as more than 30,000 people observed the Latin American tradition of waving departed friends into the after-life, with a sea of white handkerchiefs and papers held aloft during the silence.
Dozens of white balloons, each with a white rose inside were then released in memory of the other London bomb attack victims.
Organiser Nuala Riddell Morales said that London's Latin American community had been deeply affected by last month's events.
"We want to pay our respects to one of our own in our own way. And we want to pay our respects to all those who lost their lives in the terrible outrage on July 7," she said.
On Thursday up to 30 people, including members of Ireland's 5,000-strong Brazilian community attended a peaceful protest outside the British embassy in Dublin.
Demonstration organiser Brazilian Gustavo Barbosa said he now intended to set up an Irish-hosted website dedicated to victims of "shoot-to-kill" policies by police.