Murder of Henry Nowak

2025 murder in Southampton, England

On 3 December 2025, Henry Nowak, an 18‑year‑old British university student, was murdered by Vickrum Digwa, a 23-year-old British Sikh man, in Southampton, England. Digwa stabbed Nowak five times with a Sikh ceremonial knife, including a fatal wound to the chest. When police officers from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary arrived, Digwa falsely accused Nowak of assault and racism. Police body camera footage showed that as the police handcuffed him, Nowak repeatedly told the officers that he had been stabbed and pleaded that he could not breathe. Nowak died shortly afterwards.