After Elon Musk’s tweet on Scottish teens with an axe and a knife, social media turns her into a warrior against immigrants and multiculturalism in Europe

After Police Scotland charged a teenage girl on 23 August for brandishing weapons to protect herself and her sister from an alleged harasser, social media erupted in protests. A short video of the confrontation circulated online, showing the teenager and her younger sister engaged in a quarrel with a man who had a different accent before the knife and axe appeared.

This incident from the Scottish city of Dundee did not go unnoticed by the world’s richest man, Elon Musk. He reposted the video on his X account for his 224.8 million followers with a question, ‘What kind of government arrests little girls who try to defend themselves?’

Multiple theories exploded on social media, claiming the alleged harasser was a ‘muslim immigrant’. But later, Police Scotland warned the public not to spread misinformation and posted a statement by Chief Superintendent Nicola Russell on X. "We are aware of misinformation being shared on social media in relation to an incident where a Bulgarian couple were approached by youths in St Ann Lane, Dundee, on Saturday, 23 August 2025,” the post read.

Memes shared by the social media user

The video of the alleged incident involving the immigrants and the teen girls received millions of views and was flooded with memes, most of which criticized the UK government’s handling of the migrant situation and commented on the ill effects of multiculturalism. Creative memes of political imagination were also circulated, branding the girl as a warrior, with anime, posters, Ghibli, and multiple styles of art forms.

A user posted:


Another user posted an anime of her:

The Grooming gang threat

This incident also amplified as the UK continues to be affected by grooming-gang scandals in towns like Rotherham and Rochdale, where authorities have been criticized for failing to protect vulnerable girls.

An independent inquiry into the Rotherham grooming gang scandal was conducted by Professor Alexis Jay, a former chief social work adviser to the Scottish Government. The report, known as the Jay Report, was published on August 26, 2014.

It is conservatively estimated that at least 1,400 children, some as young as 11, had been sexually exploited in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013. The report highlighted widespread abuse by predominantly British-Pakistani men.