Grenfell ninth anniversary 'particularly difficult'
Key takeaways
- SUPPLIEDCarayol lost his cousin Mary Mendy (right) and her daughter Khadija Saye in the fire.
- Damel Carayol, a founder of grassroots campaign group Humanity for Grenfell, spoke to BBC London ahead of a memorial event on Sunday, the ninth anniversary of the tragedy in which 72 people died.
- He added: "We will carry on until justice is served."
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SUPPLIEDCarayol lost his cousin Mary Mendy (right) and her daughter Khadija Saye in the fire. A man who lost his niece and his cousin in the Grenfell fire nine years ago has said the slow dismantling of the tower added to the distress.
Damel Carayol, a founder of grassroots campaign group Humanity for Grenfell, spoke to BBC London ahead of a memorial event on Sunday, the ninth anniversary of the tragedy in which 72 people died.
He said: "Something about this year kind of tipped a lot of people over to feeling the stress, the strain, the exhaustion of fighting year after year … when there's nothing going on it can drain you, and quite a few people are feeling that way."