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Downing Street hits out at 'people seeking to stir division' after Vance's Nowak post
Key takeaways
- The US vice-president blamed the death of the 18-year-old-British student, who was fatally stabbed in December by Vickrum Digwa, on the "mass invasion of migrants" and said the "only response is righteous anger".
- After the post on X, the Downing Street spokesman said the Nowak family "have said they do not want his death to be used to create further division".
- "Our politics should bring people together even in the most terrible of circumstances.
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Jamie Whitehead Reuters Downing Street has hit out at "people trying to interfere in our democracy and seeking to stir up division", after JD Vance's comments on the murder of Henry Nowak.
The US vice-president blamed the death of the 18-year-old-British student, who was fatally stabbed in December by Vickrum Digwa, on the "mass invasion of migrants" and said the "only response is righteous anger".
After the post on X, the Downing Street spokesman said the Nowak family "have said they do not want his death to be used to create further division".
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