Canada lowers flags to commemorate deaths of 215 Indigenous children

The Canadian government lowered flags at half-mast on Sunday to commemorate the deaths of 215 Indigenous children whose remains were found in a former residential school in Kamloops city in the country.

"To honor the 215 children whose lives were taken at the former Kamloops residential school and all Indigenous children who never made it home, the survivors, and their families, I have asked that the Peace Tower flag and flags on all federal buildings be flown at half-mast," Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted on Sunday.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency