[Watch] Friends of arena victim Saffie Roussos release video tribute
Video is shown at her funeral at Manchester Cathedral this afternoon
Last updated 26th Jul 2017
A moving montage of photos celebrating the short life of Saffie Roussos, the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena bombing, has been released by her family and friends.
Set to music by her pop idol, Ariana Grande, the eight-year-old is pictured in a series of family snaps, happily playing with her brother Zander, smiling alongside her parents on family holidays, wearing make-up and dressing up.
The YouTube clip, set to the Grande song One Last Time, was shared as her funeral gets under way, and the three-minute video is captioned: "She always wanted to be a YouTube star, she was a confident, bright young girl full of life love, joy and happiness.''
Saffie's friends hope the video, which will be shown at her funeral, will be liked and shared using the hashtag #Saffiethesuperstar to fulfil her dream of becoming a YouTube star.
She was one of 22 people, seven of them aged under 18, murdered in the terror attack as fans streamed out of Manchester Arena following an Ariana Grande pop concert.
The youngster, from Leyland, Lancashire, was a huge fan of the US singer and got tickets for the event on May 22, as a Christmas present from her parents.
She was leaving "happy and elated'' after the show with her sister Ashlee Bromwich, 26, and mother, Lisa Roussos, 48, when suicide bomber Salman Abedi detonated his home-made bomb packed with nuts and bolts in the foyer of the Arena.
Saffie, who died of multiple injuries, is the last of the victims to be laid to rest.
Her funeral is being held at Manchester Cathedral