Soldier Mark Quinsey murder: Floral tributes grow as Antrim mourns
Two days of rain have failed to wash away the single pool of blood that still lies at the front of Massereene Army barracks.
Alongside the shards of glass and chalk outlines of spent bullet cases, it is a chilling reminder of what took place on Saturday night.
Only yards from the ever growing floral tribute there are scattered bandage packaging, discarded by the medics as they frantically tried to save the lives of the young men mowed down by Real IRA gunmen.
The entrance where Sappers Mark Quinsey and Cengiz Azimkar were killed and four others were seriously injured has reopened, but while cars come and go the bullet holes dotted over the security watch tower give vivid proof this was no ordinary Monday.
One round has pierced through the "Stop" sign on the main gates. It was an instruction to which the gunmen paid no heed on Saturday.
Brigadier George Norton, the region's most senior solider, paused for a moment to read some of the sympathy cards before paying his own tribute to the fallen.
Each conveyed both the deep sorrow and great anger that has consumed this close-knit county town since the outrage.
"You never stood a chance," said one, "gunned down by cowardly scum."
Another needed only one word - "Why?"
