Hiroshima remembers atomic bomb: 'We must abolish the evil of these weapons'

The Japanese city falls quiet as it remembers the moment 70 years ago that the Enola Gay dropped a bomb that obliterated tens of thousands of lives

Hiroshima has marked the 70th anniversary of the moment the city was flattened by an atomic bomb with prayers, a moment’s silence, and vows to redouble efforts to halt nuclear proliferation.

On a sweltering day in Hiroshima, tens of thousands of people lowered their heads and stood in silence at 8.15 am, the time the bomb was dropped on 6 August 1945, instantly killing 80,000 people and another 60,000 in the months that followed.

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from Network Front | The Guardian http://bit.ly/1P7pPGL