Sangita Myska: How Nigel Farage exploited a teenager's murder with false claims about the killer's identity
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Summary
This opinion piece by Sangita Myska condemns Nigel Farage and far-right figures for exploiting the murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak by Vickrum Digwa to push anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim narratives. The article details how Farage and others falsely claimed the killer was an "illegal immigrant" and a "Muslim," when in fact Digwa was a British-born Sikh. Myska criticizes the media for legitimizing these disinformation campaigns and highlights the pain of the victim's family, who asked for peace and unity, only to have their tragedy weaponized for political gain.
Key quotes
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In response to a father's plea for peace, Nigel Farage produced a conveyor belt of lies.
The horror of the teenager's murder, and the police failings surrounding it, have been shamelessly exploited by the far right's disinformation machine whose claims, in turn, have been legitimised by the media.
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