UK: Protest erupts over student murder
Key takeaways
- Protesters have clashed with police in Southampton over the December murder of finance student Henry Nowak.
- The protest, attended by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, came after the killer, 23-year-old Vickrum Digwa, was sentenced to life with a minimum of 21 years in prison on Monday.
- Hundreds of protesters first gathered outside Southampton Central Police Station, with violence breaking out after many of them walked to the area of Portswood where the murder occurred.
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Protesters have clashed with police in Southampton over the December murder of finance student Henry Nowak. The fatally injured victim was handcuffed by police after his killer accused him of racist abuse.
https://p.dw.com/p/5El E9Police were forced to retreat during the protests over Henry Nowak's murder Image: Isabel Infantes/REUTERSAdvertisement Demonstrators clashed with police in the southern English city of Southampton on Tuesday while protesting at what they said was an example of anti-white policing in the case of a student killed in December.
Protesters threw stones and other missiles at police in clashes close to the site where 18-year-old Henry Nowak died of his wounds while handcuffed by police after his killer, a Sikh man, accused the victim of racist abuse.