this is the current number one story on msn, a very sympathetic article by our ABC, obviously white lives don't matter because if it wasn't for this thread I wouldn't have known about the grandfather and his family being bashed
Vigil held for teenager Aguer Akec, who was killed in a Melbourne street brawlBy Elise Kinsella
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© Provided by ABC NEWS Aguer Akec was described as a good boy who cared for his family and loved playing sport. (Supplied: Akec family)Family and friends of teenager Aguer Akec have returned to the suburban street where he was brutally killed last Sunday morning.
Police said up to 30 young people gathered on Kegan Street next to the Keilor Plains train station in Melbourne's west in the early hours of Sunday morning, some armed with golf clubs, steel poles and a knife.
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Finder.com.auA dispute over a Holden Commodore is believed to have sparked the brawl.
It claimed 17-year-old Aguer's life.
Ten people were initially arrested and then released and police are yet to charge anyone.
Last night, as the trains continued to come and go and neighbours walked their dogs, about 100 family members, friends and South Sudanese leaders gathered on this ordinary suburban street to mourn a tragedy it has now been marked by.
Loved ones brought flowers and left battery-operated candles.
They didn't want to accidentally to start a fire.
Aguer's mother, Martha Mayola, was physically supported by other women.
Loved ones held arms around each other as some struggled with the pain.
Community leader Richard Deng told the gathering they needed to stay united.
"I am heartbroken to see a young life lost in such a tragic way," he said.
He called on young people to unite.
"Please come together and stop killing yourselves, this is not right, this is not how we are as South Sudanese," he said.
"You came here for a better life, listen to your family, listen to your community."
Police officers and cars lined the street. One young man thanked an officer after the service.
The ABC understands Aguer was visiting Melbourne from Adelaide to see his mother for Christmas.
He had just finished year 11.
Aguer and his mother had planned to move to Uganda together after the festive break, to join his siblings and extended family.
Instead, family and friends last night let balloons go as the sun set over Melbourne, remembering a young man they described as friendly and polite and who dreamed of becoming a police officer.
