Footage has been released showing the moment an Uber driver and Afghan refugee was tasered and detained after a dog walker was killed in an alleged “vicious and ferocious” knife attack. Dawood Safi, 28, allegedly attacked 49-year-old Wayne Broadhurst during what was reported to be a “random stabbing rampage” in Midhurst Gardens, Uxbridge, on October 27 last year.
Mr Broadhurst sustained 14 stab wounds across his head, neck, chest and back, with a witness describing the violence as a “butchering”. Safi was reportedly experiencing psychosis at the time, while another witness recalled that he appeared “like he was possessed” during the attack. He subsequently admitted manslaughter in connection with Mr Broadhurst’s death and was later convicted of attempting to murder his landlord. Newly released police bodycam video shows officers pulling up at the scene before getting out of their vehicle and moving towards Safi, who remains armed with the knife. Police repeatedly order him to “drop the knife” and “get on the floor”, but he fails to comply and instead retreats away from the approaching officers.
Officers continue ordering Safi to put down the knife before one deploys a Taser, causing him to fall to the ground. Police then turn him onto his front, search him and secure him in handcuffs.
The footage later shows the same sequence of events from another angle, captured by a security camera at a nearby property.
Southwark Crown Court heard Safi’s landlord, Mr Farrukh, 45, suffered a stab wound to the neck. He and an injured teenager were able to escape as neighbours and members of the public passing by tried to intervene and stop Safi.
Prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw KC told the court that Mr Broadhurst had the “terrible misfortune” of passing the scene with his dog Harry while the rampage was unfolding and was attacked without any apparent reason.
Jurors also heard that Safi arrived in the UK concealed in the back of a lorry in 2020 and falsely claimed to be 17 years old. He was later granted asylum in 2022.
Safi told a psychiatrist that, when he was 10 years old, he saw his father murdered during a land dispute in Afghanistan. Prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw KC said Safi had experienced a “collapse in his mental health” by the time the stabbings took place in Uxbridge.
Mr Laidlaw said: “The defendant was hearing voices, he’d become consumed by paranoia and delusional beliefs which included that people generally and members of his family in this country were both controlling him and plotting against him.”
During the three days leading up to the attacks on October 27, 2025, Safi had visited his GP for an appointment, undergone a mental health assessment at Hillingdon Hospital and sought assistance at Hayes Police Station.
Shortly before 4.45pm on October 27, Mr Farrukh went into the kitchen at his home, where he spotted Safi’s silhouette on the other side of a glass door connecting to the annex.
After opening the door, the 45-year-old found Safi standing only a few feet away and holding a large kitchen knife.
Mr Laidlaw said: “He launched an unannounced attack on Mr Farrukh, who was unarmed and was caught completely unaware.”
During the stabbing, Safi made remarks which indicated he was angry because Mr Farrukh had not gone with him to the police station earlier in the day.
The violence eventually moved out onto the street, where shouting alerted neighbours who came to see what was happening. Daniella Jarvis, who witnessed the incident, later told police that Safi appeared “like he was possessed”.
Mr Broadhurst, a Liverpool FC supporter who worked as a street sweeper for Ealing Council, then came across the unfolding incident after emerging from an alleyway onto Midhurst Gardens.
Mr Laidlaw said: “For no apparent reason, rational or otherwise, he was stabbed to death in a frenzied, random and entirely unprovoked attack.” He added: “Mr Broadhurst died in the street, with the dog by his side.”
Southwark Crown Court heard that Mr Broadhurst’s family had wanted Safi to face a murder conviction. However, prosecutors accepted a guilty plea to the lesser offence of manslaughter after considering evidence concerning Safi’s mental health at the time.
Safi admitted manslaughter, causing actual bodily harm, wounding with intent to commit grievous bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon. He was also found guilty of attempted murder.
Jurors were unable to reach a verdict on a further charge alleging Safi attempted to murder a 14-year-old boy during the knife rampage. Mr Laidlaw told the court that the Crown Prosecution Service had decided not to pursue a retrial on that charge.
The judge adjourned proceedings ahead of Safi’s sentencing on October 5 and ordered that he undergo medical assessments in the meantime.