Polish far-right politicians exploit Nowak murder with populist rhetoric on race | Race
Polish far-right politicians claimed Henry Nowak’s murder symbolized “Britain’s descent into the depths of the earth”, as populists in France, Spain and Japan focused on harrowing clips of the moments of Henry Nowak’s death.
His comments focused on race and immigration, despite calls from Nowak’s family for people not to exploit murder for political gain and to focus on stamping out knife crime.
Police footage showing the last few minutes of Nowak’s life was shared around the world. The 18-year-old was arrested and handcuffed as he lay dying from stab wounds; Her killer, Vickrum Digwa, who stabbed her five times, lied to the police about being racially abused.
Marta Czech, a member of the far-right Royal Polish Confederation, was questioned about Nowak’s killer at an activist meeting in Hammersmith, west London, last week. He called for “the defense of Poles in our country and abroad.”
Nowak’s father appears to be of Polish descent.
“We do not have politicians who will care about Polish interests, we do not have Poles who will represent our values abroad, we do not have people with Polish faces and Polish passports. We need to be ready to suppress these attacks. We must be united against such attacks.”
Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik, a Polish member of parliament in Viktor Orbán’s group, described British citizen Digwa as “Indian”. In a post on Facebook, Zajączkowska-Hernik blamed “mass immigration” and added: “This story symbolizes Britain going deep underground… How brainwashed do you have to be with left-wing propaganda and political correctness to react in this way? And how can you bring your country to such a situation where there is mass immigration that undermines security?”
“Do white lives not matter? Has the world gotten to this point by being brainwashed by this suicidal leftist ideology?”.
Far-right French politician Éric Zemmour, who organized rallies despite the objection of his family to protest the rape and murder of 12-year-old Lola Daviet in France in 2022, said that Nowak’s “immigrant perpetrator” was protected by the “religion of anti-racism”.
HE wrote to x: “This horrific murder is a metaphor for what the West is experiencing: While the native is treated as a suspect, the immigrant perpetrator is protected by the religion of anti-racism that paralyzes government officials and police officers. This time he will not bend the knee. Europeans are not allowed to do so in their own homeland.”
Santiago Abascal, leader of the Spanish far-right party Vox, wrote that “the British people are burning with anger” over Nowak’s death.
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A far-right news aggregator in Japan called Hoshu-Sokuhou, which specializes in anti-China and anti-Korean content, published an article about the attack. He concluded: “This can be seen as a concrete example of the failure of multiculturalism and the result of the police prioritizing political and racial concerns above all else, thereby losing sight of their fundamental duty to protect the lives of the public.”
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage claimed British people were reacting with “pure, cold anger” to police actions. Speaking during prime minister’s questions on Wednesday, Farage repeated his claim that the incident was the result of “two tiers of policing”, citing anti-racism guidance issued by senior officials.
UK prime minister Keir Starmer criticized Farage’s comments in the House of Commons, saying this was “a time for serious work, not anger” and that “there is no justification for further violence and disorder”.
A former police officer was forced to flee to safety after being falsely accused online of involvement in Nowak’s murder. Christi Hill, who served as a police officer for 12 years, criticized social media and AI platforms, including Elon Musk’s Grok, for spreading the false claim that she was one of the officers who arrested Nowak, who was near death after being stabbed by Digwa.
Digwa, 23, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 21 years on Monday for Nowak’s murder in Southampton last December. The attorney general’s office said it had received “multiple requests” to review Digwa’s sentence under the overly lenient sentencing scheme.
