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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Emily Dugan

‘She had no fear’: friends and family to tread last walk of Zara Aleena

Zara Aleena smiling at a party with balloons behind her.
Zara Aleena was walking in Ilford shortly after 2am on Sunday when she was attacked and killed. Photograph: Supplied

Walking was something Zara Aleena did reflexively. She had a car but would tramp the two miles between her mother’s and grandmother’s homes in east London most days, with little sense of danger.

Whatever the hour, her blue Peugeot was almost always left in its spot on her grandmother’s driveway. With trainers on and her party shoes stashed in her bag, she enjoyed the freedom of her own two feet.

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