Dozens turn out for Cork vigil for stabbing victim Deepa Dinamani

More than 150 people attended a candlelit vigil in Cork city this evening (Sunday) in memory of Deepa Dinamani, the 38-year-old mother who was found dead at her home in Wilton.

The vigil, organised by the Cork Pravasi Malayali Association, commenced at 8pm outside the house where Ms Dinamani was found dead shortly after 10pm on Friday night.

The association said the vigil was being organised to “rally support for deceased Deepa Dinamani and her family, friends and colleagues”.

Melba Siju, a member of Cork Pravasi Malayali Association, said in excess of 150 people turned out for the candlelit vigil in memory of Deepa Dinamani.

“It was good to see the support as a community,” she said.

Ms Siju said flowers were laid outside the property in Cardinal Court in Wilton where Ms Dinamani was found dead on Friday evening.

“None of us seem to know her personally because she was only here [in Ireland] a short while,” Ms Siju said, adding that the Indian community in Cork is “shocked” and “deeply saddened” by her death.

Ms Siju said the hearts of the Indian community particularly go out to Ms Dinamani’s five-year-old son at this tragic time.

Deepa Dinamani, the mother of a five-year-old son, was from Kerala in Southern India and had been living in Cork for just three months.

She was pronounced dead at her family home in Cardinal Court on the southside of the city on Friday evening.

The alarm was raised when she failed to pick up her son at the house of a friend.

She was found in a bedroom of the property which she shared with her husband and five-year-old son.

Her body was transferred to Cork University Hospital where a post-mortem examination was carried out.

A forensic examination also took place at her home in Wilton. The scene remained sealed off yesterday.