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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Sam Hall and Jane Dalton

Nigel Farage: ‘I feared migrant would come to England and shoot me’ after TikTok video threat, court told

Nigel Farage told Southwark Crown Court he was genuinely worried about the ‘pretty chilling’ video - (PA)

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has told a court he feared a migrant would come to England and shoot him after allegedly threatening him in a TikTok video.

Fayaz Khan, 26, an Afghan who moved to Stockholm, Sweden, in 2019, is charged with making a threat to kill Mr Farage last October in a post that the politician said was “pretty chilling”.

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