NORFOLK, Va. — An effort is being made to raise awareness about violence, especially domestic violence, after a young woman was stabbed to death in Norfolk October 28.

"It just should not happen. It's crazy that it happened," the victim's aunt, Sanita Swift, said.

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Friday, four days after the stabbing, Swift couldn’t believe her 23-year-old niece, Shakira Clark , was stabbed to death. It happened in the Young Terrace housing complex on E. Brambleton Ave.

On November 2, with help from the pastor of the church she and her niece attend, a gathering called “Breaking the Cycle” will be held at outside the Scope in Norfolk, not far fr

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