Elon Musk has made his latest intervention into UK politics by sharing a tweet about the Uxbridge stabbing.
Dog walker Wayne Broadhurst, 49, was knifed to death on Monday in a horrific attack that left two other people injured – with the main suspect named as an Afghan national who arrived in the UK in a lorry five years ago.
Mr Musk, 54, referenced the incident in West London by making an allusion to JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit.
He then suggested that further attacks could happen ‘if the tide of illegal immigration is not turned’.
The Tesla owner is a supporter of former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson and spoke at his ‘Unite the Kingdom’ protest in London last month.
He again endorsed the activist in his tweet about the stabbing in Uxbridge.
A 22-year-old Afghan, who remains unnamed, is being quizzed by police who are holding him on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.
Home Office officials confirmed that the suspect arrived in Britain illegally in 2020 and was granted leave to remain around two years later.
Mr Broadhurst was treated at the scene but died, while a 45-year-old man suffered life-changing injuries. The third victim, a 14-year-old boy, sustained injuries which were not life-threatening or changing.
The incident is not being treated as terrorism, but Metropolitan Police detectives are working to uncover any relationship between the suspect and the three victims.
Elon Musk, 54, referenced the incident by making an illusion to JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit
Mr Musk is a fan of Tommy Robinson
According to residents, a fight had broken out involving the Afghan, who was living as a lodger in the home of the 45-year-old.
The suspect chased two victims out the house, eyewitnesses said, before the dog walker was slashed across the neck.
Footage posted online appears to show two police officers sprinting after the suspect, demanding that he drop the weapon and ‘get on the floor’.
One of the officers raised his Taser and fired the 50,000-volt weapon before the suspect was seized.
There has been widespread shock within the local community following the brutal attack.
One witness told the Daily Mail: ‘The Afghan man was chasing a man and a boy around the road and a local man who was with his dog tried to stop it.
‘There was blood everywhere and the paramedics were there for at least 30 minutes trying to save his life. It was absolute carnage and very distressing to see.’
Another local added: ‘The dead man is very well known around here. He’s a lovely guy, very gentle and peaceful.’
A neighbour said the man who died was a binman who was ‘just doing the normal dog walk that he does every day’ and that he is ‘the last person on Earth that you would think somebody would go for’.
The woman, who had taken over some flowers for the victim’s wife, added: ‘I still can’t get over it. If he was five or 10 minutes later taking the dog out would the same thing have happened?’
Another witness said: ‘I saw a young man come running out of the house waving a large knife around. He had a mad look in his eyes and was screaming.’
A Home Office official confirmed the Afghan is not a resident of an asylum hotel or any other Home Office accommodation.
A spokesperson said: ‘Our thoughts are with the family and friends of those impacted by this horrific incident.
‘We are receiving regular updates from the Metropolitan Police. The priority must now be for the police to investigate so those responsible can be brought to justice.’
Wayne Broadhurst (pictured) died during the triple stabbing on Midhurst Gardens, Uxbridge
Footage posted online appears to show the suspect walking along a residential street as police officers sprinted after him
Chief Superintendent Jill Horsfall from the Met Police confirmed that the ‘suspect lived in a private address’.
Mr Musk’s tweet said: ‘When Tolkien wrote about the hobbits, he was referring to the gentlefolk of the English shires, who don’t realize the horrors that take place far away.
‘They were able to live their lives in peace and tranquility, but only because they were protected by the hard men of Gondor.
‘What happened to the nice man who was brutally murdered while walking his dog will happen to all of England if the tide of illegal immigration is not turned.
‘It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die.’
Mr Robinson was in Tel Aviv earlier this month during a visit to Israel that has prompted fury – with the minister who invited him urged to apologise for what has been called ‘a slap in the face to British Jewry’.
The activist, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, made the trip abroad while on trial in a case that could see him jailed for up to three months if found guilty.
Robinson, 42, has pleaded not guilty to failing to comply with counter-terrorism powers at the Channel Tunnel in Folkestone on July 28 last year by refusing to give up the pin for his phone.
Westminster Magistrates’ Court recently heard he would be travelling to Israel until this Saturday as a guest of that country’s government.
But there has now been a backlash there against the decision to welcome him – with diaspora affairs minister Amichai Chikli under pressure to apologise for the invite.
Mr Chikli has previously said he was ‘proud to host British patriot’ Robinson, who has also stirred controversy in recent days by suggesting he would turn up at Aston Villa to support Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Robinson has now shared to his 1.7million followers on X footage of his full speech at an event in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv – adding the caption, ‘Making History’.
The invitation to Robinson was extended in the wake of the terror attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester on October 2.
Mr Chikli lauded Robinson as ‘courageous leader on the front line against radical Islam’ – but the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council responded by saying Robinson ‘represents the very worst of Britain’.
The Jewish leadership groups said Mr Chikli’s actions had hit the British community in its ‘darkest hour’.
Now a committee in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, has passed a resolution including condemnation of the welcome given to Robinson while also calling for Mr Chikli to say sorry.
