Henry Nowak and fatal anti-racism

Published June 5, 2026 6:15am ET



Our psychosis about racism after George Floyd died under the knee of a Minneapolis policeman in 2020 has led to the reciprocal murder of a clean-cut young white man 4,000 miles away in England.

On a city street last December, Vikrum Digwa, 23, murdered Henry Nowak, 18, with the kirpan dagger he carries as a Sikh. Digwa stabbed Nowak five times, once fatally in his chest, and also in his face and legs.

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