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Vigil held in honor of slain Boston University student

By Matt Rocheleau

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  April 30, 2012

In a public display of mourning, unity and protest over the recent fatal shooting of a Boston University graduate student, more than 75 people gathered for a candlelight vigil at the campus Sunday evening. The group solemnly chanted, sang and prayed together outside Marsh Chapel. They huddled around a table lined with candles and incense. At the table’s center, surrounded by flowers, was a framed photograph of the slain student, 24-year-old Kanagala Seshadri Rao.

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