Allie Beth Stuckey

So to back up a little bit, he was an 18-year-old from Essex.

He was apparently a hardworking student.

He earned good grades.

He was a student at the University of Southampton.

um, according to accounting and fine, uh, studying counting and finance.

And then on December 3rd of last year, he was walking home from a night out with his football teammates.

And he ran into this 23 year old named Vikram Digwa.

I assume from India, an altercation ensued.

We don't really know all of the details.

Digwa was openly carrying a large ceremonial Sikh knife with a blade over eight inches long.

It's illegal to carry knives in public in the UK with a few exceptions.

Um,

It's also illegal to carry pepper spray, tasers, stun guns for self-defense.

Gosh, thank you to all of America's founders for the revolution.

Sikhism is a religion that originated in the Punjab region of India.

India and Pakistan, Sikhs are allowed to carry ceremonial knives in the UK for quote, religious reasons.

So this is the knife that the guy used.

You can see how sharp it is.

Yikes.

So Sikhs wear these knives, ironically, in this case, as a reminder of their commitment to the tenets of their faith, including justice, charity, morality, humility, and equality.