ALICE Da Silva Aguiar’s household have shared heart-wrenching photographs of their daughter posing with a Taylor Swift cutout moments earlier than she was murdered in a horror assault.
A crowd gathered exterior St Patrick’s Catholic Church on Marshside Highway, in Sefton city, from 2pm as we speak for the schoolgirl’s funeral.
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Alice, 9, was considered one of three little women tragically killed within the brutal assault at a Taylor Swift Yoga and Dance Workshop in Merseyside on July 29.
She died on Tuesday, July 30, a day after the atrocity, which additionally stole the lives of Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Bebe King, six.
Alice’s heartbroken mother and father, Sergio and Alexandra, had been joined by household and mates on the personal service and cremation.
A whole bunch of mourners dressed all in white gathered alongside Marshside Highway to pay their respects.
Paramedics arrived with massive flower preparations and pink coronary heart formed balloons.
Pink ribbons and balloons had been additionally tied to close by lampposts and backyard partitions.
An enormous show of floral tributes was laid exterior the church to honour Alice’s reminiscence, and bubbles launched into the air.
Mourners applauded because the coffin, lined by pink roses, arrived in a gorgeous white horse-drawn carriage by the streets.
It was accompanied by about 30 uniformed officers as a heavy police presence stays within the space.
A number of hundred folks entered the church whereas extra listened exterior because the service was broadcast on audio system.
Amongst those that additionally gathered had been Serena Kennedy, Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, together with officers from the police, ambulance and fireplace companies.
Father John Heneghan, the parish priest of St Marie and St Patrick Catholic Church buildings in Southport stated Alice had a “rainbow smile” and was “considered one of our most valuable kids”.
The teenager had solely simply acquired her First Holy Communion three months in the past.
“It’ll be profoundly unhappy, nevertheless it’s not solely going to be that, as a result of we can be trying into what her mother and father imagine,” stated Father John earlier than the service.
“Alexandra and Sergio, her mum and pop, imagine within the resurrection. They do not imagine that is the tip.
“So the way in which they specific that’s ‘let her dance to heaven’, as a result of she liked dancing, and that may be a lovely picture.”
He added: “Our hearts attain out to her household and the households of the 2 different women who died and people who are injured.
“We maintain in our hearts all who’re affected by the horrible stabbings in our city.”
Tributes poured in for younger Alice final month after her household confirmed she tragically succumbed to her accidents.
Her heartbroken family members stated she would “all the time be their princess”.
An emotional tribute learn: “Preserve smiling and dancing such as you like to do our Princess, like we stated earlier than to you, you are all the time our princess and nobody would change that.
“Love from Your Hero Daddy and Mummy.”
Alice’s aunt, Albertina Freitas, advised ITV Information in Madeira, Portugal: “We aren’t going by it straight, however we will think about the ache my brother is experiencing. It’s an immense ache.”
Speaking about her sister, she added: “She does not communicate in any respect.”
“My brother-in-law is in such a state that he cannot even discuss to the household. We attempt to discuss to him however he does not need to. He simply clings to the lady’s issues.”
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