Flowers left in London park near where 28-year-old’s body was found, as mosque holds community rally

“I couldn’t sleep last night thinking about her,” said Mariana Kappenberg, 31, who has lived in Pegler Square, south-east London, for the past two years. A vigil was set to begin on Friday evening in the square in memory of Sabina Nessa, the 28-year-old primary school teacher whose killing has triggered an outpouring of emotion and anger, especially among women.

The five-minute journey that Nessa was due to take from home to the Depot bar was one that Kappenberg herself has done many times.

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