The father of a Saudi student fatally stabbed in Cambridge last year has called on Britons to confront hate speech and racism that he believes claimed his son’s life.
Mohammed Algasim was murdered by Chaz Corrigan in a random attack in August, described by the judge in the case as a “senseless” attack.
Speaking to Independent Arabia, Yousef Algasim said his son’s killing was not merely an isolated crime but a result of “the growing spread of racist and hateful rhetoric in recent years”. He added that such rhetoric is “rejected and condemned by all peoples and cannot be justified under any circumstances”.
On Thursday 4 June, Cambridge Crown Court sentenced Corrigan, 22, to a minimum term of 22 years and six months after he was convicted of stabbing the Saudi student on 1 August 2025. The attack, which was captured on CCTV footage, took place near student accommodation close to Cambridge railway station.