TRY as the people of Lusignan may to get over the horrors of the bloody massacre of January 26 last, many things keep popping up to remind them.
And so the haunting memory of the attack by marauding gunmen, which claimed the lives of eleven persons and left three more seriously wounded, lives on.

One resident who lost three family members in the attack was on Sunday doing what he termed a ‘spring cleaning’ when he came upon - in the corner of a room - a warhead and other fragments of rounds discharged by the gunmen.

The man who claims he was waging a battle to come to terms with the loss of his family members, said he was devastated, and the discovery ‘threw him right back’ to January 26, the date he fears most on the calendar.

He said he tried to be strong, but admitted he saw the entire healing process on which he had already worked so hard for one month come crashing down.

It was at that stage that he needed all the counselling and moral support he could find, and surely help was on the way. Later in the afternoon, he received a telephone call informing him that a team of officers and other members of the Salvation Army would be visiting the bereaved families the following day.

They were visiting to continue their counselling, and distribute food supplies to the families.

On seeing them arrive yesterday morning, it was like he had found new hope, he disclosed.

They prayed with him, offered words of encouragement, guided him on ways of coping, and listened to his story of a wonderful life spent with his family, his pursuits towards making them more comfortable, and how eventually – all hopes were dashed.

Unfortunately, the young man was not at home when the officers paid their first visit three weeks ago, but on this occasion he gladly and gratefully made up for the time lost on the first occasion.

Offering their condolences, and sharing his grief, the Salvation Army officials assured him that God was able to see him through his difficult moments.

Arrangements are being made for the warhead found to be turned over to the police.