Former first minister Humza Yousaf has responded to Elon Musk to say a Scots-Pakistani MP helped bring to justice the racially-motivated killers of a 15-year-old boy, more than 20 years ago.

Glasgow schoolboy Kriss Donald was abducted and killed by an Asian gang led by Imran Shahid on March 15 2004.

Kriss was stabbed 13 times and set on fire while he was still alive on a quiet walkway behind Celtic FC’s training ground in the east end of the city.

The assailants had taken him on a 200-mile journey to Dundee and back while the gang members attempted to find a house to take him to.

Mr Musk responded to a post on X to say he had never heard of the murder or subsequent trial and Mr Yousaf responded to tell him it was then-Glasgow Central MP Mohammed Sarwar, a Scots-Pakistani, who was integral in seeing the perpetrators were brought to justice.

The incident unfolded following an assault on Shahid at a nightclub the previous evening – although Kriss was not involved in the attack.

Trial judge Lord Uist said Kriss had been targeted at random because he was white, describing the murder as “an abomination” which had “rightly shocked and appalled the public”.

A 20-year-old man who was not named for legal reasons was jailed for murder in December 2004 while Zahid Mohammed, 20, was sentenced to five years for assaulting and abducting Kriss.

The three remaining suspects – ringleader Imran Shahid, his brother Zeeshan Shahid and Mohammed Faisal Mushtaq – had fled to Pakistan after the killing.

Mr Sarwar played a key role in ensuring the three suspects were extradited back to Scotland to face punishment.

Imran Shahid, his brother Zeeshan Shahid and Mushtaq were found guilty of murder and jailed for life in November 2006.

The case marked the first conviction for a racially-motivated murder in Scotland.

On X, formerly Twitter, Elon Musk shared a post about the incident from another X user, with the tech mogul stating: “First time I’ve heard of this.”

Mr Yousaf reposted Mr Musk’s comment, adding: “Let me also be the first to tell you that it was a Scottish-Pakistani MP at the time, Mohammad Sarwar, who travelled to Pakistan to ensure Kriss Donald’s evil killers were extradited back to Scotland to face the full force of the law.”