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UK Police Reportedly Arrest Stabbing Victim Following Incident and Dispute Over Motive

Elon Musk said he will back a wrongful-death suit as the murder trial continues and critics accuse police of restraining a visibly injured teenager.

  • On Wednesday, May 20, 2026, Elon Musk offered to fund a wrongful death lawsuit for 18-year-old Henry Nowak and demanded the dismissal of Hampshire Police officers who handcuffed the bleeding student.
  • During the December 3, 2025 incident in Southampton, Vickrum Digwa stabbed Nowak with a 21cm blade, yet officers handcuffed the injured teenager after Digwa alleged racial abuse rather than treating his wounds.
  • Bodycam footage presented at Southampton Crown Court shows Nowak pleading 'I can't breathe' while handcuffed following the stabbing. Digwa denies murder, claiming he acted in self-defense during the altercation in Portswood.
  • Reform UK politician Robert Jenrick described the incident as 'a damning indictment of modern policing,' while social media users accused Hampshire Police of 'two-tier policing' and 'institutional cowardice' following the case.
  • The case has sparked comparisons to the death of George Floyd in the United States, with critics questioning whether mainstream media coverage would differ if ethnic dynamics were reversed.
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“I can’t breathe,” were Henry Nowak’s last words, according to Visegrad24, as he was handcuffed by British police while bleeding profusely. “Where is Starmer’s speech about this shameful police error?” asks Reform UK MP Suella Braverman on social media, who has been publicly calling out police double standards. According to testimony recently presented at Southampton Crown Court, 18-year-old Polish-British student Henry Nowak managed to tell nei…

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The National Pulse broke the news on Thursday, May 14, 2026.
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