Vigil held in memory of Mariam Moustafapublished at 08:12 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2018
Maryam Qaiser
BBC News
About 150 people attended a vigil in memory of Mariam Moustafa.
The 18-year-old Egyptian student died on Wednesday, three weeks after she was allegedly punched repeatedly by six women on a bus in Nottingham.
Nottinghamshire Police have said there is no evidence to suggest the assault was hate related.
Scores of people, including Miss Moustafa's father Mohamed, gathered in Nottingham's Old Market Square for the vigil yesterday evening.
Mr Moustafa said: "It is difficult for my family, it's broken our heart. We feel very upset
"This support makes me happy, we've met a lot of people supporting me and my family."
Miss Moustafa was born in Rome, where her family had moved from Egypt in 1991.
Italian prosecutors have opened an investigation into her death.