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LONDON (AP) \u2014 Britain\u2019s interior minister accused activists of hijacking a tragedy to stir up violence after police were attacked at a protest over the death of a teenager who was handcuffed as he lay dying while his killer stood nearby.<\/p>\n

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Police were pelted with chairs, cans, rocks and flares late Tuesday by some of the hundreds who attended a protest in the English south coast city of Southampton, where Henry Nowak was killed in December.<\/p>\n

His death has triggered debates about policing and knife crime, and has spurred claims by far-right activists and politicians that there is bias against white people in the justice system.<\/p>\n

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said Tuesday night\u2019s violence was \u201ccompletely unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Nowak family made a powerful call to us all yesterday to not let Henry\u2019s death be used to create further division, hatred or tension,\u201d she said. \u201cThere can be no justification for hijacking this tragedy to stir up violence and disorder. Those responsible can expect to face the full force of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nowak\u2019s killer, Vickrum Digwa, who is Sikh, falsely claimed he was the victim of a racist assault by 18-year-old Nowak, who was white. When police officers arrived, they initially treated the wounded man as a suspect, before noticing his injury and trying to resuscitate him. <\/p>\n

Digwa, 23, was convicted of murder and sentenced Monday to life in prison with a minimum term of 21 years. The judge said he didn\u2019t believe Nowak had said anything racist to his attacker.<\/p>\n

After the sentencing, police released video showing officers dismissing Nowak when he told them he had been stabbed and repeatedly said he couldn\u2019t breathe.<\/p>\n

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was sickened by the video and there are questions to be answered about how \u201caccusations of racism informed the decision-making in this case.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Independent Office for Police Conduct, which investigates allegations of police wrongdoing, is probing the actions of the officers from the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary. The National Police Chiefs\u2019 Council said it will review its anti-racism guidance in the wake of the killing.<\/p>\n

After the sentencing hearing, the victim\u2019s father, Mark Nowak, said the case was not about racism or religion, and that he wanted his son\u2019s death to lead to safer streets and not to be used to create \u201cfurther division, hatred or tension.\u201d <\/p>\n

But Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-immigration Reform UK party, said on Tuesday that it was an example of so-called two-tier policing \u2014 a popular far-right talking point that suggests ethnic minorities are better treated than white people.<\/p>\n

Farage urged people to respond to the incident with \u201cpure cold rage,\u201d and said \u201cwhite lives matter just as much as Black lives.\u201d X owner Elon Musk and British far-right activist Tommy Robinson have also expressed outrage at the crime.<\/p>\n

Some politicians have called for Sikhs to be banned from carrying ceremonial knives, known as kirpans. The judge said Digwa had a small kirpan but also had an 8-inch (21-centimeter) sheathed Sikh dagger that was used as the weapon to kill Nowak. <\/p>\n

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