Callum Parslow, a self-declared Nazi extremist, was recently convicted of attempted murder after he stabbed asylum seeker Nahom Hagos in Worcestershire. In a chilling revelation, Parslow described his violent act as “exterminating the invasive species” in what authorities have characterized as a “terrorist manifesto.”
During the attack, which took place at a hotel previously used to shelter asylum seekers, Parslow, marked by a tattoo of Adolf Hitler’s signature on his arm, approached Hagos while he was eating lunch. Upon learning that Hagos was from Eritrea, Parslow pulled out a knife and stabbed him multiple times in the chest and hand.
In the post he attempted to share on X following the assault, Parslow claimed to have fulfilled his “duty to England” by “removing the weeds” and “exterminating the harmful, invasive species.” He even attempted to tag prominent political figures, including Tommy Robinson, Keir Starmer, Rishi Sunak, Nigel Farage, and Suella Braverman in his message.
During a three-week trial at Leicester Crown Court, Parslow, 32, was found guilty of attempted murder after he initially admitted to a charge of wounding. The prosecutor, Tom Storey KC, emphasized that the assault was not random but carefully orchestrated, driven by an extreme right-wing ideology that led Parslow to specifically target Hagos based on his ethnicity.
The manifesto revealed further disturbing sentiments, detailing Parslow’s views on “the evil enemies of nature and of England” which he identified as “the Jews, the Marxists, and the globalists.” Storey remarked that the text unmistakably resembled an extreme right-wing terrorist manifesto.
Investigations revealed that before the attack, Parslow had conducted research on hotels accommodating asylum seekers. He admitted to jurors that his anger and frustration over small boat crossings motivated him to stab “one of the Channel migrants.”
At the time of the assault, The Pear Tree Inn was closed for renovations, having been used by the government to house asylum seekers from November 2022 to February 2024. Hagos, who had previously stayed at the hotel, had returned to visit its manager, with whom he had fostered a friendship. Following the attack, Hagos was urgently taken to the hospital by the hotel manager and a builder, as they feared he was losing too much blood.
Parslow was later found by police walking along a canal with blood on his hands. A search of his home revealed items such as a red swastika armband, leading to his arrest on suspicion of terrorism. Investigators uncovered that just before the attack, he had ordered a specialized knife from the U.S. for $1,000 and had searched for disturbing information online, including queries about the worst places to stab someone, life imprisonment in England and Wales, murder, and ambush strategies.
The court also disclosed that Parslow had a history of racist behavior, having had his lease terminated by his landlord for leaving a racist note on a communal door. He will be sentenced at a later date after the court lifted a reporting restriction related to this case.
