A total of 11 people have now been charged with violent disorder following the stabbing of a student. UK Prime Minister Starmer has criticized right-wing politicians such as the US Vice President for exploiting the case.
British police said on Saturday that six more people have been charged with violent disorder at a protest over the fatal stabbing of university student Henry Nowak.
Nowak, 18, died in December after being stabbed with a ceremonial Sikh dagger by 23-year-old Vickrum Digwa, himself a Sikh, in the southern English city of Southampton.
Digwa falsely told police that he had been the victim of a racist assault by Nowak, who officers initially handcuffed and treated as a suspect before noticing his injury and trying to resuscitate him.
Digwa was convicted of murder and sentenced this week to life in prison, but the case has attracted anti-immigration activists and far-right politicians, who claim it is evidence there is bias against white people – like Nowak – in the justice system.
