Zara Aleena was scared of taxis and thought walking was 'safer'
msn.combelieved it was safer to walk than get a taxi, according to her grieving loved ones. Zara was murdered in a stranger attack in Ilford last weekend.
Louise De’Souza, who has known the aspiring lawyer since childhood, told the Mirror : "Unless someone was sharing or she knew the driver, she wouldn’t get in.
I said, ‘Don’t walk late at night’. "She said she was safer because the street lights were on. ” Her aunt Farah Naz suggested her family wanted to "change something" in the wake of Zara's murder. READ MORE: Loose Women's Brenda Edwards supported by co-stars after injury forces her to pull out of UK tour She wants to convince the political leaders of Britain to act "right now to prevent violence".
She added: "[My niece] was not ignorant to the fact that women get hurt. "This isn't about making the streets safe, it's about changing the mindset. " She "put her party shoes in her bag" and "walked everywhere" because "she believed that a woman should be able to walk home", her family said.
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