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Saudi Cambridge student stabbed outside student acco with kitchen knife.

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friedaklein · 05/06/2026 08:09

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8p08e3jz0o

Father of the perpetrator hides evidence.

Mohammed Algasim has black hair combed back and a moustache. He is wearing a white shirt and smiling while sitting at a restaurant table.

Man who stabbed student to death in Cambridge is jailed for life

Chas Corrigan, 22, will serve a minimum of 22 years for the murder of Mohammed Algasim last August.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8p08e3jz0o

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Piggywaspushed · 05/06/2026 19:01

ForSnappySwan · 05/06/2026 14:25

There were two attacks involving Saudis at UK universities yesterday - are you saying we shouldn't even ask if they are connected and we should only mention the one in which the Saudi was the victim?

What a silly person you are!

No, there weren't. The attack on the Saudi student happened in Cambridge quite some time ago. His murderer was sentenced yesterday after trial.

Chiapotayto · 05/06/2026 17:19

LuckyHazelFox · 05/06/2026 16:59

Oh come on ...this poor student was the victim. Two different cases.

Oh she didn’t stop there. She carried on finding other supposed attacks by anyone who is Saudi.

DontBuyAnotherBook · 05/06/2026 17:05

CoffeeCantata · 05/06/2026 08:25

There have been so many cases of university students being attacked and killed by randoms. Is this random, or are they targeted by resentful people?

I'm thinking of the Nottingham tragedy particularly.

There was also a crossbow attack on a member of university staff by a former student.

TheKittenswithMittens · 05/06/2026 17:04

Life should mean life in these cases.

LuckyHazelFox · 05/06/2026 16:59

ForSnappySwan · 05/06/2026 12:31

Is this related to the Saudi student who tried to murder his lecturer yesterday?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgzg417yxno

Oh come on ...this poor student was the victim. Two different cases.

LuckyHazelFox · 05/06/2026 16:56

Awful crime. Another young man taken before his life could start.

DeftGoldHedgehog · 05/06/2026 15:59

So many? It's extremely rare hence every single one makes the news.

Unlike in the states where there are numerous school shootings every single year with multiple deaths.

Dweetfidilove · 05/06/2026 15:57

Why are so many uni students being murdered? You raise your children to hopefully be decent, valuable members of society and some waster comes and snatches their life away needlessly.

Can't they just kill themselves instead?

Quine0nline · 05/06/2026 15:53

We have protests when a black man dies at the hands, or knee of a white police officer
We have protests when a white, and brown skinned woman die at the hands of a white UK police officer
We have protests/riot when a white man dies at the hands of a brown skinned man and a number of white police meds up.

Meanwhile white girls are raped by white protected males - nothing
Black males and females die at the hands of black criminals - nothing.

It seems clear where the biases is.

Chiapotayto · 05/06/2026 15:47

ForSnappySwan · 05/06/2026 14:25

There were two attacks involving Saudis at UK universities yesterday - are you saying we shouldn't even ask if they are connected and we should only mention the one in which the Saudi was the victim?

What a silly person you are!

You know exactly what you’re doing and I’m not going to give you any legitimacy by even engaging with you about it.

Monetsbridge · 05/06/2026 14:59

This attack was last summer. It was a clearly racist attack on a language student (there are many language programmes teaching English that use residential accommodation around the city during the summer months). It's unrelated to other attacks, apart from further showing the increasing violence and racism in the UK.

ForSnappySwan · 05/06/2026 14:25

Chiapotayto · 05/06/2026 12:42

Yes, because there is only one Saudi male in the UK ever.

Perhaps if you looked at the names you would have seen they’re different people. Nice way to try to discredit an innocent victim. Shame on you.

There were two attacks involving Saudis at UK universities yesterday - are you saying we shouldn't even ask if they are connected and we should only mention the one in which the Saudi was the victim?

What a silly person you are!

Chiapotayto · 05/06/2026 12:42

ForSnappySwan · 05/06/2026 12:31

Is this related to the Saudi student who tried to murder his lecturer yesterday?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgzg417yxno

Yes, because there is only one Saudi male in the UK ever.

Perhaps if you looked at the names you would have seen they’re different people. Nice way to try to discredit an innocent victim. Shame on you.

SpaceRaccoon · 05/06/2026 12:40

I'm furious about Henry Nowak and I do think his death was caused or worsened by the police hearing the r-word and dismissing him.
And I also find Mohammed Algasim's death really upsetting, another promising young person lost to violent scum, and I feel additionally upset at his parents trusting he would be safe in the UK and him dying violently so far away from them.

In the Gulf they are now warning parents not to send their children to the UK for further education due to the violent crime risks. It's shameful.

Moustachioed · 05/06/2026 12:40

Chiapotayto · 05/06/2026 10:13

Shush…you can’t be a voice of reason here.

From what you quoted, there was no attempt at reason being made? Some frothing and irrational bile was the only content.

CoffeeCantata · 05/06/2026 12:33

Chiapotayto · 05/06/2026 10:22

Yes, it does seem to be increasingly happening. A family friend’s son was stabbed and killed last year - had an argument in a cafe with a couple of guys on the table next to them, and after they left one of the men stabbed him. You see strangers arguing over stupid things all the time - you’d never think it would end in someone dying.

There was also that story of a teenage boy randomly stabbed and killed by a stranger, who was another teenager boy.

It seems to be angry young men, always.

We all worry about young women - and rightly so.

But I think statistically young men are more likely to be the victims of these random attacks by other young men.

Horrible. The only thing worse than knife culture is gun culture in the sense that you have to be at very close range to attack someone with a knife.

Chdfn · 05/06/2026 12:33

Ds is scared one day he'll come across the wrong person and just get stabbed. He worries for his DSisters a lot

CoffeeCantata · 05/06/2026 12:30

friedaklein · 05/06/2026 09:33

Male violence is the key issue, no doubt. I despair of a solution.

And booze and drugs.

So many criminals are habitual drunks or drug users. Not saying it wouldn't happen without these things, but I think it's a factor.

user293948849167 · 05/06/2026 10:44

Diggad · 05/06/2026 08:16

Two tier? Doubt it. I don’t think people will give a shit about this Saudi student OP.
This talk about two tier is ridiculous to compare what the police did to Henry to George Lloyd is shocking. The police made a mistake they were not racist. People are acting like black and brown people don’t die in police custody and are not believed across the board they just get a lessons will be learned response . The far right latching onto this like ‘finally, white people can have racism too!’ The police officers who didn’t believe Henry were white. In George Floyd’s case they were not black and those police officers were praised and had gofundmes set up for them.
Also wondering why the far right aren’t protesting about the three white boys who got away with gang raping a 14 year old, ‘save our kids’ yeah for yourself.

“don’t think people will give a shit”? That’s a disgusting thing to say.
You think the people (most people I would say?) who cared about Henry Nowak would not care about this young man just because he’s not white?
Well I do, both young men at the start of their lives. Tragic.
People are still allowed to be disgusted with the police about how they treated Henry though, and we’re allowed to raise valid concerns regarding carrying dangerous weapons

Not sure what OP is trying to achieve here? “Look another murder, this guy isn’t white” I mean are we meant to be happy?

Chiapotayto · 05/06/2026 10:22

friedaklein · 05/06/2026 10:14

Grace O'Malley Kumar was mixed race.

What's worrying me is that earlier most knife crimes seemed gang related. That was tragic enough but at least if you kept your DC out of gangs, they were relatively safe. Now, it's a bunch of angry men carrying knives lashing out randomly.
Correct me if I am wrong on this.

Yes, it does seem to be increasingly happening. A family friend’s son was stabbed and killed last year - had an argument in a cafe with a couple of guys on the table next to them, and after they left one of the men stabbed him. You see strangers arguing over stupid things all the time - you’d never think it would end in someone dying.

There was also that story of a teenage boy randomly stabbed and killed by a stranger, who was another teenager boy.

It seems to be angry young men, always.

friedaklein · 05/06/2026 10:14

FlyOnTheWalls · 05/06/2026 10:09

The mother of one of the Nottingham victims, Barnaby Webber, is questioning whether the killings by Valdo Calocane were random.

'[Calocane] was a black man who killed three white people and tried to kill another three white people, and that was never part of the conversation.

If it had been the other way round, it would have been.'

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15875551/Mother-Nottingham-stabbing-victim-Barnaby-Webber-says-difficult-discussions-need-Britain-questions-sons-killing-wasnt-treated-racism-wake-Henry-Nowak-murder.html

Grace O'Malley Kumar was mixed race.

What's worrying me is that earlier most knife crimes seemed gang related. That was tragic enough but at least if you kept your DC out of gangs, they were relatively safe. Now, it's a bunch of angry men carrying knives lashing out randomly.
Correct me if I am wrong on this.

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Chiapotayto · 05/06/2026 10:13

Diggad · 05/06/2026 08:16

Two tier? Doubt it. I don’t think people will give a shit about this Saudi student OP.
This talk about two tier is ridiculous to compare what the police did to Henry to George Lloyd is shocking. The police made a mistake they were not racist. People are acting like black and brown people don’t die in police custody and are not believed across the board they just get a lessons will be learned response . The far right latching onto this like ‘finally, white people can have racism too!’ The police officers who didn’t believe Henry were white. In George Floyd’s case they were not black and those police officers were praised and had gofundmes set up for them.
Also wondering why the far right aren’t protesting about the three white boys who got away with gang raping a 14 year old, ‘save our kids’ yeah for yourself.

Shush…you can’t be a voice of reason here.

FlyOnTheWalls · 05/06/2026 10:09

CoffeeCantata · 05/06/2026 08:25

There have been so many cases of university students being attacked and killed by randoms. Is this random, or are they targeted by resentful people?

I'm thinking of the Nottingham tragedy particularly.

The mother of one of the Nottingham victims, Barnaby Webber, is questioning whether the killings by Valdo Calocane were random.

'[Calocane] was a black man who killed three white people and tried to kill another three white people, and that was never part of the conversation.

If it had been the other way round, it would have been.'

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15875551/Mother-Nottingham-stabbing-victim-Barnaby-Webber-says-difficult-discussions-need-Britain-questions-sons-killing-wasnt-treated-racism-wake-Henry-Nowak-murder.html

Nottingham victim's mum asks why son's murder wasn't treated as racism

Emma Webber, mother of Nottingham stabbing victim Barnaby, has warned 'difficult discussions' need to be had over how authorities are influenced by racism.

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15875551/Mother-Nottingham-stabbing-victim-Barnaby-Webber-says-difficult-discussions-need-Britain-questions-sons-killing-wasnt-treated-racism-wake-Henry-Nowak-murder.html

BrownBookshelf · 05/06/2026 09:39

Just awful. Throw away the key.