WikiPop's Pick · June 2, 2026
Murder of Henry Nowak
2025 murder in Southampton, England
On 3 December 2025, Henry Nowak, a white 18‑year‑old British university student, was murdered by Vickrum Digwa, a 23-year-old British Sikh man, in Southampton, England. Digwa cut and stabbed Nowak five times with a dagger. When police officers from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary arrived, Digwa falsely accused Nowak of assault, and officers handcuffed Nowak. Police body‑worn camera shows that Nowak repeatedly told the police officers, "I can't breathe," and that he had been stabbed, as the police handcuffed him. Nowak pleaded for help from the police for several minutes before he died shortly after being handcuffed.
