"Hillsborough report ': Police guilty of disaster

"Hillsborough report ': Police guilty of disaster

Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday on behalf of the British state his "profound apology" offered to the survivors and stakeholders of the Hillsborough disaster. In 1989 there were 96 in Sheffield fans killed during an FA Cup match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest supporters when standing on a stand in the tribulation touched.

Britain on Wednesday in turmoil. After years of litigation succeeded "The Hillsborough Justice Campaign in it the reports of the stadium disaster made ​​public to get. From these reports, not the fans, but the police was to blame for the disaster in which nearly a hundred Liverpool supporters lost their lives.

The conclusions do not lie, Cameron could only apologize for his "double injustice" that involved over recent years has been done. The report says that the police made ​​every effort to have the debt in the shoes of the fans scrolling. The officers involved falsified including statements, used excessive violence and aid workers barred access to the stadium, allowing many more people died.

Additionally also played tabloid The Sun has a negative leading around the disaster. The newspaper headline the day after the events that only the fans of Liverpool were that debt had to the disaster. "Police have done enough and has also been a fan of Liverpool FC to blame," Cameron said Wednesday. Liverpool chairman Tom Werner was relieved, but stresses that the sorrow remains just as great. "The world has finally heard the truth behind the events at Hillsborough."

Trevor Hicks, he lost two daughters during the disaster, is clear: "Today is the truth table, tomorrow starts righteousness." Werner: "As a football club we will be the ones who perished remember and their families continue to support. We hope that the outcomes of the families and survivors somewhat comforting and they finally got answers to the many questions they the past 23 years have tried to answer. "