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 Danielle McLaughli (above) and last night’s vigil in her memory

Last night.

Goa, India

Following the murder on Tuesday night of 28-year-old of Irish backpacker Danielle McLaughlin.

Around one hundred locals and tourists gathered to honour the young Buncrana woman in the location where her body was found in Canacona, in the southern part of Goa.

Mourners scattered flowers, photographs and gifts on the ground, along with a sign which read ‘Justice for Danielle’. The evening ceremony was said to have ended with an emotional rendition of Bob Marley’s ‘No Woman No Cry’.

Emotional vigil held in India in memory of Danielle McLaughlin (Donegal Daily)

For Danielle (GoFundme)

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13 thoughts on “In Goa

  1. Daisy Chainsaw

    I’m not religious myself, but a gathering to remember a lost loved one, especially when Danielle was taken so far away from home is a lovely gesture of support and I hope her family and friends in Buncrana can take some comfort from this.

  2. Niamh

    Handy note for our resident trolls: this is what both rape culture and victim blaming look like. Rounded off with a pious old RIP, so it’s ok.

    1. Niamh

      In case further ‘splaining is required on this:

      Rape culture because the commentator here is implying a woman in the company of 5 men she knows is ‘off her head’ to consent to this situation…because she should expect rape/murder. So, it’s to be expected? If a woman said something like this, we’d have #notallmen.

      Victim blaming because she has ‘put herself in this situation’. Of – what, being in the company of men? So collaborating in her own…being in the company of men? Oh but wait, she should KNOW that invites rape and murder. Oh but wait: not all men.

      No mention of the killer’s responsibility to, perhaps, not be a murderer.

      1. Painkiller

        This is the unfortunate situation of where we have arrived culturally. When a person reads this, questions are the immediate response and that tends to outshine the due compassion for what has happened. It was a raw comment – off the cuff and less than sensitive given the time but again, it asks some of the pertinent questions; for example, why a lone travelling woman was keeping the company of a group highly possessive men:

        It said in The Guardian article that the 5 men kept to themselves and did not mingle with the British man: “In retrospect, Woodruff says the night was “eerie”. “[McLaughlin] and I sat together and we chatted a lot, and these guys would pull her back and say, ‘You’re with us, remember’.” …and at least one of whom was locally known to be a member of a criminal gang.

        We’ve all been told to by our parents, peers and loved ones to be careful in terms of our assessment of the risks facing a person travelling alone – and this advise goes for everyone (regardless of gender), but it is natural that caution should be higher for a woman travelling in a country where most accounts I’ve heard from women of their treatment have been negative in terms of personal safety.

        It’s doubtful justice can be served in a place where a person’s account reads, “We went out to the field and there were about 30 or more men standing next to the body taking photos and watching,”

  3. Brother Barnabas

    BS / Bodger – this is a perfect example of odd moderating that goes on here. This comment is OK and it’s permitted to remain?

    It’s vile.

  4. Spaghetti Hoop

    This is tragic. I’ve always championed lone travelers and this just scares the bejaysiz out of everyone on their global journeys. When you are a trusting person, you trust. Trust puts you in a naive situation. For some reason, before this story broke I had a dream last night about Jill Meaghar, despite never knowing the woman. RIP both.

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