Tributes for Cassius Turvey held as far away as LA

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Tributes for 15-year-old Cassius Turvey, who was allegedly beaten to death while walking home from school in Perth have been held as far afield as the USA this weekend.

More than 100 Indigenous children took part in a traditional ceremony in Perth, as elite cricketers joined in for a minute of silence at a boot camp for up and coming Indigenous players.

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"A young boy's life has been cut short by an act of violence, and that shouldn't happen to anybody, no matter what their background is, and it's something that as a society we should be pretty ashamed of," WA cricket CEO Christina Matthews said

The teenager was walking home from school when he was allegedly beaten with a metal pole in Middle Swan by a 21-year-old man.

He died later in hospital.

Jack Brearley, 21, has been charged with murder, aggravated assault occasioning bodily harm and stealing.

A candle-lit roundtable was also held in Los Angeles.

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Organiser, Sam Cook, said they wanted to hold an intimate event to "heal and grieve".

"We have to start addressing racism in Australia," Cook said.

"We have to start addressing racism worldwide - we have to call hate crimes, hate crimes."

The events follow rallies around Australia last week.ast week his mother also joined a vigil in Perth.

WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch was criticised in the aftermath of the attack, saying on 6PR radio previously that Cassius had been in the "wrong place at the wrong time".

He later defended his comments, saying; "Cassius was the innocent victim of a violent attack".

He has refused to say if the attack was racially motivated.

However, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese later condemned his alleged murder as "racially motivated".