AIBU? Why has this death got so little attention

I was once chased by a group of boys on scooters aged between about 12 and 16.

They were shouting at me and corralling me in between them.

All I had done was walk past them at 8pm. They followed me until luckily I got to my friend's house which wasn't far.

I am absolutely not comparing this to what happened to this beautiful woman, but it was absolutely terrifying and we really need to start talking about violent and aggressive young people.

Their behavior seems to be escalating and I think social media plays a big part.

The national media only pick up some stories, there are violent deaths nearly every day in the UK they don't all get picked up.

We have had a couple of local stories, one where a local man attacked and killed his ex on hospital grounds, had a high speed chase around the town, chasing his teen step-dc, murdered them in the middle of the town and then drove off and was later found dead having killed himself by driving headfirst into a wall.

I thought it would be all over the news as it was horrific, but it only appeared in our local papers.

I hadn't seen this and its incredibly sad. I did see the case in Leicester where children between 12-14 had been tormenting an 80 year old man from India originally and he died from a phsical attack. I think that's been more prominent in the headlines as a 14 year old has been arrested for murder.

There are some horribly hateful people around. What's worse is that children are the perpetrators. The case last week where a 12 year old was due to be sentenced for rioting outside a hotel where asylum seekers were and his mum has gone to Ibiza instead of being with him in court. Some of the 'parenting' in this country is just so bloody awful.

This is so awful!!!

I haven’t heard about this and I don’t understand why it isn’t huge news!

There was a pregnant woman randomly attacked a few days ago by a group of teens and she suffered a miscarriage because of it and that has got hardly any media coverage either.

I don't know why it has got so little attention. Especially as another person (I believe an 80yo man) has been killed by children who had also previously been reported to the police.

There are clear parallels - abusive children actually killing people (whilst police knew about the behaviour and did nothing) - and both victims were people of colour.

Thank you for highlighting this, as I hadn't heard about it.

I'll share as much as I can.

As pps have said - it's pretty obvious why it's not more widely reported, but we keep our heads up and carry on.

Tragic story and the first I heard of it.

Why is this not more high profile? AIBU

Let's face it, she is black and of Nigerian origin. The media (and public) are usually much more interested if the victim is white :-(

Sorry, it was on Wednesdays news. ITV

I only just seen this😢😢can’t believe it hasn’t had more coverage. Makes me ashamed to be Irish.

It came up in my news feed on Chrome, on the BBC website.

A very sad story

Oh how awful, poor woman.

It's awful. I heard about it in bbc radio Ulster. It was a talking point around race hate on talkback during the week.

Which news @chippylips?

This is awful. Justice for Anu.

It was on the news last night. Lead story.

That us so upsetting, poor woman. You are right OP. It should be more widely reported.

This is heartbreaking, as PP said. Anu’s death deserves wider coverage

I'm Irish (ROI) and read it on online news last night, but checking now it seems to be only The Irish Mirror and irishnews.ie that reported it?

It is so terrible in every way. We should be ashamed of ourselves.

That is disgusting and you are totally right. Totally agree with @Agapornis

Why? Probably because she's black, foreign, and all her family live abroad [it seems], so she has no one to advocate for her. As a immigrant, this worries me but it also nothing new.

Heartbreaking. RIP Anu. OP, YADNBU

I’m in newry too. The first I heard was when it made the cover of the reporter. It’s devastating and makes me so angry. Where were the parents of those kids?

Oh god that's heartbreaking. I hadn't heard a thing about it. Another woman murdered and yet another case of extreme violence from kids - how is this not headline news?? Poor Anu.

I saw another story this week in Ireland (Cork) where an Indian student had a guy try to strange him with a price of rope in the street (!).

Photos of him doing it and laughing circulating too, like it’s all just a bit of fun.

WTF.