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Columbia University Ramps Up Security After Fatal Stabbing Of Grad Student Near Campus

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A crowd of mourners, many of whom hold up candles, at a vigil for Davide Giri, a Columbia University student fatally stabbed.

Mourners use a candle to light up their own candles at a vigil for Davide Giri, a Columbia University fatally stabbed.

A man at a vigil at Columbia University for a student fatally stabbed.

Mourners at a vigil for Davide Giri.

Mourners at a vigil for a Columbia University student fatally stabbed.

A man crouches in front of a set of flowers at a vigil for Davide Giri, a Columbia University student fatally stabbed.

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An attendee at a vigil mourning the death of Davide Giri.

Mourners at the vigil for Columbia University student Davide Giri.