Britain pushed back Friday against comments by U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who linked the killing of Henry Nowak to what he described as a "mass invasion of migrants" and called for "righteous anger" in response to the case.
His extraordinary comments triggered a response from Downing Street, which criticized "people trying to interfere in our democracy and seeking to stir up division on our streets” over Nowak’s case.
The 18-year-old student was handcuffed by police officers who ignored his pleas that he had been stabbed as he lay dying after his killer, Vickrum Digwa, claimed to have been the victim of a racist attack.
In the latest intervention by the Trump administration over the murder, Vance said: "Henry Nowak died the same way a civilization dies: abandoned, handcuffed by authorities who neither trusted nor cared for him, and accused of hate crimes he did not commit.
"His murder is as tragic as it is enraging.
