AIBU? Why has this death got so little attention

[WhataboutAnu]

https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/family-of-nigerian-nurse-who-died-running-from-youths-seek-answers-RFXI545V7ZDZJDCNSRL7WA3AJI/

This happened in my town - Newry - Northern Ireland last week. Anu was a nurse who had been attacked repeatedly by kids. She died from an asthma attack after coming across another person getting attacked. There has been a lot of hate crime/intimidation in Northern Ireland in recent months.

There has been very little on the news/online/discussion about Anu locally.

I only know about it as I happened to turn on the TV and caught the end of an interview with Anu’s heartbroken brother and sister on the local news. My husband works in the area, he watches and listens to news several times a day and he hadn’t heard about it until I mentioned it yesterday. I spoke to several people yesterday who are in customer facing roles so talking to people day in day out and most of them hadn’t heard about it.

Why is this not more high profile? AIBU to think that this should cause uproar?

Jesus this is terrible! I'm not Irish but I hadn't heard a thing about this. The statement by the police sounds so cold - he doesn't seem to think the two things are related at all!

You're right this should be a much bigger news item than it is.

That's awful. I'm in NI and hadn't heard.

Heavens! I'm in NI and I didn't hear this. Was it on the news?

I feel like we are seeing more hate crime in Belfast too. Lots of no brain idiots with nothing else to do. I'm embarrassed and ashamed of them.

Oh god thats awful, poor woman. This is similar to the man in Leicester, complaints had been made previously and nothing is done.

I’m in Newry too and didn’t know anything about this. It’s shocking. I hope karma will get those kids at least seeing as the justice system won’t.

How awful. That poor woman. I haven't heard this either.

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.

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’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?

Heartbreaking. RIP Anu. OP, YADNBU

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.

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

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.

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

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

It was on the news last night. Lead story.

This is awful. Justice for Anu.

Which news @chippylips?

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

Oh how awful, poor woman.

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

A very sad story

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

Sorry, it was on Wednesdays news. ITV

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 :-(

Tragic story and the first I heard of it.