A 30-year-old man of Pakistani heritage has been charged with attempted murder following a broad daylight stabbing of a teenage girl in Brierfield, England.
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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: A 17-year-old girl was stabbed in the neck in Brierfield, England, on Friday. The suspect has since been confirmed to be a Pakistani heritage man named Junaid Nawaz, who has been charged with attempted murder and possession of a knife. 📰 DETAIL: The victim was taken to a local hospital, where her injuries were determined to be non-life-threatening. She has since been discharged to recover at home. Nawaz, meanwhile, was remanded in custody and appeared before Blackburn Magistrates’ Court on Monday. Lancashire Police, who described Nawaz as British-born of Pakistani heritage, said extra patrols have been deployed in the area and appealed for witnesses. The attack, which was captured on video and shared online, has shocked residents of the town, amid wider public concern over violent crime involving migration-background men in Britain following the murder of white teenager Henry Nowak, who was fatally stabbed with a Sikh religious dagger by Vickrum Digwa. Public anger over the handling of the case, which saw responding police officers arrest Nowak as he was dying instead of helping him because Digwa falsely accused him of racism, sparked violent protests earlier this month, leading to dozens of arrests. Separately, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, a Sudanese migrant was charged with the attempted beheading of a local man, triggering anti-immigration demonstrations, clashes with police, arson attacks, and the deployment of water cannons. 🎯 IMPACT: The Brierfield stabbing is just one of several in recent weeks involving migration-background men brutalizing white Britons, increasing the ongoing sense of tension in British society. |
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