Relatives, friends and neighbors of Zara Aleena, 35, gathered in the spot where she was killed in east London, to finish the walk home she never managed. Aleena was attacked on Sunday just 10 minutes from her home, and died later in the hospital.
Aleena’s family say she was “murdered by a stranger” and cited the cases of Sarah Everard, Sabina Nessa and several other young women killed in the capital in the last couple of years., 33, made global headlines last year when she was kidnapped in South London and later murdered by London police officer Wayne Couzens, prompting an outcry and vigils attended by lawmakers and royal family members.
“I wish today’s vigil didn’t have to happen,” Anna Birley, founder of the British advocacy group Reclaim These Streets,“When we organised the vigil for Sarah Everard, it felt like a turning point. The prime minister lit a candle for her on the doorstep of No 10, and politicians from all parties were saying ‘never again’ … but over a year later, any change has been cosmetic,” she added.
“It isn’t a matter of dark corners but the attitudes and behaviour of some of the men who occupy them.” Aleena’s family said she had been a caregiver for her mother and grandmother, and was on her way to becoming a qualified lawyer. She also worked to support refugees, they said.“She was a joy to all of us, her sparkling eyes and the curly, jet-black hair. Her glorious laughter and her sweet, smiling voice. Her tiny frame embodied a passionate spirit and indomitable energy,” her aunt Farah Naz said in a statement on behalf of the family.Most strikingly, her aunt said, Aleena “walked everywhere.
“She put her party shoes in a bag and donned her trainers. She walked. Zara believed that a woman should be able to walk home. Now, her dreams of a family are shattered, her future brutally taken.”
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