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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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friedaklein · 05/06/2026 09:33

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

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W0tnow · 05/06/2026 09:25

Ok so the perpetrator was wasted on drugs and alcohol. How can anyone be sure of the significance of his race in this particular crime? Or the victim’s race? Maybe it’s just male violence….again…and again.

friedaklein · 05/06/2026 09:22

It's interesting that nobody has argued that Chas Corrigan's dad concealed evidence because of his culture, though.
Knife culture is the most worrying culture to me.

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CoffeeCantata · 05/06/2026 09:21

I notice that the perpetrator admitted to extremely heavy drinking and drug use before the attack.

I wonder if this was meant to be some kind of defence? I certainly hope not. Being drunk in public and taking illegal drugs should compound the offence, not mitigate it.

Both son and father sound disgusting. But they're still alive and this clever, hard-working boy is dead.

WhatAMarvelousTune · 05/06/2026 08:44

Uniaccomm · 05/06/2026 08:22

Awful that this poor student was murdered by that piece os scrum, whose parent tried to cover it up - awful. But this poor student wasn't arrested at the scene and disbelieved while dying. That's the difference between his and Henry Nowak's murder.

Both losses of life are awful.

“That’s the difference between his and Henry Nowak’s murder”

They are completely different situations that it is absurd to compare them, especially if you are attempting to compare the police response to the victims. Algasim had no contact with the police while alive, he wasn’t in a position to be disbelieved. Off duty Drs nearby had already attempted to save him. This is not a case of “the police believed one victim but not the other”.

friedaklein · 05/06/2026 08:27

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 perpetrator in the Notts case was mentally ill.
I have a DS at Cambridge. Worrying increase in knife crime.

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friedaklein · 05/06/2026 08:25

Uniaccomm · 05/06/2026 08:22

Awful that this poor student was murdered by that piece os scrum, whose parent tried to cover it up - awful. But this poor student wasn't arrested at the scene and disbelieved while dying. That's the difference between his and Henry Nowak's murder.

Both losses of life are awful.

I agree there is a difference.

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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.

CoffeeCantata · 05/06/2026 08:23

Two tier? Doubt it. I don’t think people will give a shit about this Saudi student OP.

Well I do. Poor, poor boy and his poor parents who I'm sure must have been so proud of him going to Cambridge.

Uniaccomm · 05/06/2026 08:22

Awful that this poor student was murdered by that piece os scrum, whose parent tried to cover it up - awful. But this poor student wasn't arrested at the scene and disbelieved while dying. That's the difference between his and Henry Nowak's murder.

Both losses of life are awful.

friedaklein · 05/06/2026 08:20

Sorry, no idea how to remove the poll. Pl ignore. Not well versed with AIBU.

No doubt posters will ask what my AIBU is, but I think we all know AIBU used for greater visibility now, by most.

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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.

friedaklein · 05/06/2026 08:11

Poll not intended. will try to remove.

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amber763 · 05/06/2026 08:09

Why have you added a poll?