Victims named as Rob Hiaasen, Gerald Fischman, Wendi Winters, Rebecca Smith and John McNamara

The small city of Annapolis, Maryland, was to hold a vigil in the public square on Friday night for the five newspaper staff murdered in their office on Thursday afternoon – three editors, a staff writer and a sales assistant in an award-winning local team.

A special service is planned to memorialise the victims on Saturday evening at one of the main downtown churches in the Maryland state capital, just over 30 miles east of Washington DC.

Related: Capital Gazette newspaper editors vow to publish Friday issue despite attack

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