No 1060 Monday 27th January - Sunday 2nd February 2025
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SOPHIA WELLNESS CENTRE See our pullout in the centre pages he community of La Florida gathered on Saturday at noon for a heartfelt tribute to Cloe, a 15-year-old girl who was tragically killed by her former boyfriend just weeks ago on the World Day Against Gender Violence.
T F LY H I G H DEAR CLOE
During the emotional ceremony, they called on the municipal council to dedicate a park in front of her former school—a space where students can come together in peace and in memory of the former IES student. Saturday’s memorial took place directly across from the site of her untimely death in Calle Sagitario, where rose petals blanketed the ground and where a makeshift altar and small memorial garden had been created. There was no shortage of flowers, cardboard tributes and messages of encouragement for the family, many of them handwritten by the friends who had shared a classroom with her at the Playa Flamenca institute. "Fly high dear Cloe," they said alongside colourful paper butterflies, and a multitude of vibrant flowers. The simple event consisted of a minute's silence, a musical performance and the reading of a manifesto by a family friend.
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