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Callum Godde and Allanah Sciberras

'Fed up' locals demand change after shop owner's death

The death of a good Samaritan in Melbourne has prompted calls for tougher youth crime laws. (Callum Godde/AAP PHOTOS)

A distraught community has vowed to use the memory of a slain good Samaritan as motivation to demand tougher laws to combat youth crime.

In drizzling rain on Sunday afternoon, several hundred people rallied outside Sunshine Library in Melbourne's west after the death of local grocery store owner Van Viet Truong.

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