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Digwa’s obsession with weapons was obvious for several years before the fatal attack, with a video obtained by the Daily Mail showing the killer, left, putting on a demonstration with ceremonial knives at a Sikh event
In the 30-second clip, Digwa can be seen performing a ‘Gatka’ with his older brother Gurpreet, right
Sources in the local Sikh community said Digwa and his brother were briefly Gatka teachers, but they had abruptly cut ties with him over concerns they had about his behaviour
Last week, the Daily Mail revealed that Digwa’s obsession with weapons was obvious for several years before the fatal attack, with a video from 2023 showing him putting on a demonstration with ceremonial knives at a Sikh event.
In the 30-second clip, Digwa can be seen performing a ‘Gatka’ with his older brother Gurpreet.
A Gatka is a Sikh weapons demonstration and both Digwa and his brother were described as ‘teachers’ of Gatka.
Sources in the local Sikh community said Digwa and his brother were briefly Gatka teachers, but they had abruptly cut ties with him over concerns they had about his behaviour.
The video, filmed in May 2023, shows them sparring with knives and small shields in front of a crowd of onlookers at an event in London.
Digwa can be seen picking up a knife and a shield from an array of weapons on the floor and using circular motions to jab the knife into his brother’s shield.
The two can be seen dressed in traditional Sikh clothing and turbans, jumping from side to side as they continue to hit each other’s shields.
The footage will raise questions about whether enough was done to stop Digwa before his obsession with knives turned deadly.
Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Donna Jones said she finds it ‘extremely disturbing’ Digwa was legally allowed to carry the eight-inch knife under religious exemption because he is a Sikh.
She said she had written to the Prime Minister about this aspect of this ‘shocking case that has ‘rocked the country’.
Speaking about the evidence that officers did not believe Mr Nowak had been stabbed, the commissioner said: ‘This has been a catastrophic error. We need the IOPC to carry out their full independent investigation into the police handling of this call, how it came from the control room to the officers that were deployed, and what the officers did when they arrived on site.’
She said the ‘misleading’ call Digwa’s brother made to police claiming they had been ‘attacked racially by some white person’ did ‘lead to the complexity of those officers when they arrived on site’.
‘Now as I say this is subject to an IOPC investigation and it is right and proper that that is carried out fully and I will be, as I said, reviewing and ensuring that any recommendations are implemented forthwith,’ she added.