An official ceremony is held outside the Xuankou Middle School, which is now a memorial site where the hands of a broken clock are frozen at 2.28pm – the time the earthquake struck. Photo: Xinhua
An official ceremony is held outside the Xuankou Middle School, which is now a memorial site where the hands of a broken clock are frozen at 2.28pm – the time the earthquake struck. Photo: Xinhua

Sichuan earthquake victims remembered by bereaved parents and survivors amid tight security

Official ceremony held in Wenchuan epicentre, memorials held across the province to commemorate the 87,000 who died 10 years ago on May 12

An official ceremony is held outside the Xuankou Middle School, which is now a memorial site where the hands of a broken clock are frozen at 2.28pm – the time the earthquake struck. Photo: Xinhua
An official ceremony is held outside the Xuankou Middle School, which is now a memorial site where the hands of a broken clock are frozen at 2.28pm – the time the earthquake struck. Photo: Xinhua
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