Meanwhile Israel's ambassador to Italy has indicated he has no doubt that this was a racist attack.

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Her 18-year-old son was killed by white youths in a racist attack in Eltham, south-east London, in 1993.

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Although an inquest found Stephen Lawrence to be unlawfully killed in an "unprovoked racist attack" by five white youths, no-one has ever been convicted.

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The 18-year-old aspiring architect was murdered in a racist attack as he waited for a bus in Eltham, south east London, on 22 April 1993.

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Detectives have said while there was no evidence Mr Saleem had been the victim of a robbery or a racist attack, the motive for the attack was unclear.

BBC: Mohammed Saleem

Detectives have said they are puzzled by the motive for the attack but there was no evidence he had been the victim of a robbery or a racist attack.

BBC: Mohammed Saleem

An A-level student, he had planned to study architecture at university, but was killed in a racist attack at a bus stop in south east London in April 1993.

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He said the assault was "a brief but co-ordinated attack, a racist taunt, a charge and a swallowing up of Stephen Lawrence".

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Ehud Olmert, a former Israeli prime minister, and the incumbent leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, expressed their outrage at the attack and the openly racist behaviour of a minority of fans.

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