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This episode discusses the murder of Henry Nowak by Vickrum Digwa and the subsequent legal proceedings.
pWotD Episode 3318: Murder of Henry Nowak Welcome to popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today. With 463,123 views on Tuesday, 2 June 2026 our article of the day is Murder of Henry Nowak. On 3 December 2025, Henry Nowak, a white 18‑year‑old British university student, was murdered by Vickrum Digwa in Southampton, England. Digwa, a 23-year-old British Sikh man, cut and stabbed Nowak a total of five times with a dagger. When police officers from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary arrived, Digwa accused Nowak of assault, and officers handcuffed Nowak. Police body‑worn camera footage showed Nowak repeatedly telling the officers that he couldn’t breathe, proclaiming that he had been stabbed and pleading for help, to which an officer replied with, "I don't think you have [been stabbed] mate." He died shortly after being handcuffed. Shortly before the stabbing, Nowak had filmed Digwa walking away from him during a verbal altercation. Digwa maintained that he acted in self-defence after Nowak continued pursuing him, apparently made racist remarks, and punched him, to which there…
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Topics covered
- murder
- self-defense
- legal case
- police response
- racial tension
Keywords
- Henry Nowak
- Vickrum Digwa
- murder
- Southampton
- police
- self-defense
- court case
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