University students express fear of walking home after the attacks in Nottingham. The tragic stabbing of Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber has left a lasting impact on the students' community. The incident occurred on June 13 last year as the 19-year-olds were returning to their accommodation after a night out. Despite the perpetrator being given a hospital order in January, the students' union officers at the University of Nottingham still feel the weight of the tragedy.
University students say they are scared to walk home from a night out after the Nottingham attacks. Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber were stabbed to death by Valdo Calocane as they walked towards their accommodation in Lenton down Ilkeston Road on June 13 last year. The 19-year-olds had been clubbing in the city centre to celebrate the end of the academic year. Hundreds of students attended an emotional vigil for the first-year students in the aftermath of the killings.
While the incident was thrust back into the national spotlight when Calocane was given a hospital order in January, officers for University of Nottingham's (UoN) students' union said the tragedy has always remained on their minds. "I think now I would never ever walk home after a night out, and that was something I used to do all the time," said liberation officer Noa Hol
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