Musk trying to ‘inflame racial tensions’ with post on boy’s murder – Yousaf
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Former first minister Humza Yousaf has accused Elon Musk of seeking to “inflame racial tensions” with a reference to the infamous murder of Kriss Donald in 2004. The Glasgow schoolboy, aged 15 at the time, was abducted and killed in a racist attack by an Asian gang led by Imran Shahid on March 15 2004.
Posting on his social media platform X, the world’s richest man quoted a post from an activist which discussed the murder, saying “first time I’ve heard of this”. The billionaire owner of Tesla and SpaceX, who has a key role in the incoming Trump administration, has made a number of remarks on UK politics in recent days.
This has included attacking the Prime Minister as “two tier Keir” who delivers “no justice for severe, violent crimes, but prison for social media posts”. Mr Musk has clashed with Mr Yousaf online previously, attacking the Hate Crime Act which the SNP politician introduced.
In response to Mr Musk’s post on Tuesday, the former first minister highlighted the role of the UK’s first Muslim MP Mohammad Sarwar in bringing Kriss’s killers to justice. Mr Sarwar, who is the father of current Scottish labour leader Anas Sarwar, travelled to Pakistan to ensure the killers were extradited to the UK after they fled there.
Mr Yousaf spoke about the case further on LBC’s Tonight With Andrew Marr show. Mr Yousaf said: “Typical of Elon Musk to suddenly amplify that case because he, of course, is only interested in highlighting cases that involve, it tends to be migrants, people of colour, or indeed Muslims.
