Mourners gather in Melbourne CBD for Natalina Angok’s vigil

Mourners have gathered in Melbourne’s CBD for an emotional candlelit vigil in honour of Chinatown victim Natalina Angok who was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend earlier this week.

Mourners have gathered in the CBD in an emotional candlelit vigil for murdered woman Natalina Angok, whose body was found at Chinatown in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Mourners have gathered in the CBD in an emotional candlelit vigil for murdered woman Natalina Angok, whose body was found at Chinatown in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

More than 200 family members, close friends and strangers of Ms Angok laid pink flowers on the steps of Federation Square in tribute for her.

Members of the South Sudanese community wept as Ms Angok’s close friend Aluel Mayath described her friend as ‘vibrant and happy.’

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‘Natalina was taken by someone who should have loved and taken care for her,’ she said.

‘The numbness we felt at first receiving the news she was forever gone is yet to be comprehended by loved ones... we will remember this forever.’

Family friend Richard Deng said Ms Angok came to Australia in 2003 with her three young siblings to escape war violence.

An online fundraising campaign to send Ms Angok’s body back to South Sudan has hit $15,000.

Mourners have gathered in the CBD in an emotional candlelit vigil for murdered woman Natalina Angok, whose body was found at Chinatown in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Natalina Angok was found dead in Chinatown on Wednesday morning.

Police cordoned off Little Bourke St after a passer-by made the grisly discovery.

Mr Deng demanded the state government take action to protect women from domestic violence.

‘Something needs to be done when it comes to violence against women, no matter what colour you are’ he said.

‘Natalina took great care of her three younger siblings. She was a loving human being and a friend of everyone.’

Vigil attendee and mother Larna Cleary said she was fearful letting her 18-year-old go to the CBD for a night out.

‘I won’t be letting my girl out on the streets now,’ she said.

‘Our society has become desensitised to this behaviour. It’s not safe out on the street anymore, and it’s not safe behind closed doors.’