Braverman Warns Against ‘Counterproductive’ Speculation About Nottingham Attacks

Victims named as Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber, and Grace Kumar

Members of the public take part in a vigil at the University of Nottingham after three people were stabbed to death in Nottingham, England, on June 14, 2023. PA

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has warned people not to speculate about a series of attacks in Nottingham on Tuesday that killed three people, warning it “runs the risk of being counterproductive.”

The three people who died have been named as University of Nottingham students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, and school caretaker Ian Coates, 65, who were all stabbed to death.