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"People attacked on the way to work": African community reportedly targeted in wake of grandmother's killing

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A candle left as a tribute for Vyleen White at Redbank Plains Shopping Centre.(ABC News: Victoria Pengilley)
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Several teenagers have been arrested, and one charged with murder, after 70-year-old Vyleen White was killed in front of her six-year-old grandchild in a Queensland car park.

But public backlash has been swift, with anger now reportedly directed at the African community as a whole.

Guest: Beny Bohl, President of the Queensland African Communities Council 

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