Reena virk biography
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Murder of Reena Virk
1997 murder of a teenager in Canada
Reena Virk | |
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| Born | (1983-03-10)March 10, 1983 Saanich, British Columbia, Canada |
| Died | November 14, 1997 (aged 14) Saanich, British Columbia, Canada |
| Cause of death | Homicide by forcible drowning |
| Nationality | Canadian |
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Reena Virk (Punjabi: ਰੀਨਾ ਵਿਰਕ; March 10, 1983 – November 14, 1997) was a 14-year-old Canadian girl who was beaten and killed by a group of teenagers in Saanich, British Columbia, Canada.
Reena virk biography
Her status as a victim of bullying prior to her murder attracted substantial media scrutiny in Canada. Eight teenagers were tried and convicted in relation to her death. The Globe and Mail commented at the time that her case was "elevated into a national tragedy".[1] A pair of Canadian sociologists have described the case as a watershed moment for a "moral panic" over girl violence by the Canadian public in the late 1