Overview
- Safi Dawood, 22, was charged with murder, two counts of attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon after Monday’s attack in Midhurst Gardens, Uxbridge.
- He was remanded at Westminster Magistrates’ Court and is set to appear at the Old Bailey within 48 hours, with prosecutors identifying the injured man as landlord Shahzad Farrukh, 45.
- The CPS and police said Dawood was known to the two injured victims but not to Wayne Broadhurst, 49, who died at the scene, while a 14-year-old boy was discharged and the 45-year-old remains in hospital with life‑changing injuries.
- Officers arrested Dawood at the scene after deploying a Taser, and police said he later required hospital treatment for a medical episode before returning to custody.
- Officials said he arrived in a lorry in 2020 and was granted asylum in 2022, was not living in Home Office accommodation, as residents held vigils and fundraising for Broadhurst’s family topped £35,000.