Roughly 100 people gathered at Holland Park in Whalley on Thursday afternoon to pay their respects to Ethan Bespflug, the teen who was stabbed to death April 11 while riding on public transit in Surrey.

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The gathering heard from family and friends.

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The 17-year-old died in hospital after being stabbed April 11 while riding the Route 503 bus in the 9900-block of King George Boulevard.

Kaiden Mintenko, 20, of Burnaby is charged with second-degree murder. His next appearance in Surrey provincial court is set for May 8.

Holly Indridson, mother of Ethan Bespflug, 17, stabbed to death on a Surrey bus, speaks at his celebration of life Thursday at Whalley's Holland Park.

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