Afghan Illegal Immigrant Found Guilty of Threatening to Kill Nigel Farage in TikTok Video

An illegal immigrant who entered Britain on a small boat was found guilty on Friday of threatening to kill Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.

Fayaz Khan was convicted by a jury at London’s Southwark Crown Court of a single count of making a threat to kill Farage in a video posted on TikTok in 2024.

The 26-year-old Afghan national replied to a video posted by Farage to YouTube titled “the journey of an illegal migrant,” which highlighted Khan’s own documentation of his journey from Sweden to the UK.

In the clip, Farage made reference to “young males of fighting age coming into our country about whom we know very little.”

Khan, who has an AK-47 tattooed on his face, then made a response video to the Reform UK leader, in which he said: “Englishman Nigel, don’t talk [expletive] about me. You not know me. I come to England because I want to marry with your sister.”

“You not know me. Don’t talk about me more. Delete the video,” Khan continued, before adding, “I’m coming to England. I’m going to pop, pop, pop,” while apparently making gun gestures with his hand and then headbutting the camera.

Khan pleaded not guilty, telling police after his arrest that his video was not a genuine threat and that he was playing a character in his social media posts.

However, the jury at Southwark Crown Court convicted him by a majority of 10–2.

He will be sentenced next week for making a threat to kill and an additional charge of entering Britain illegally, to which he already pleaded guilty.

During the trial, Farage himself gave evidence on Tuesday, telling the court that Khan’s video was “pretty chilling.”

“Given his proximity to guns and love of guns, I was genuinely worried,” he said, adding, “he says he’s coming to England and he’s going to shoot me.”

Farage said that being a high-profile politician had made him a target.

“Abuse is part of public life,” he said, but added, “that’s not something that I’m used to seeing.”

Nicholas Coates, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said: “Khan not only entered the UK illegally – but made sinister threats against a Member of Parliament in plain view of thousands of followers.

“Elected politicians must be able to carry out their jobs free from the fear of harm or abuse, and we will make sure that those who seek to intimidate them face the full force of the law.”