Croydon man Matthew Doyle mocked on Twitter after 'confronting' Muslim woman over Brussels terror attacks

Matthew Doyle tweeted: “I confronted a Muslim women yesterday in Croydon. I asked her to explain Brussels. She said “Nothing to do with me”. A mealy mouthed reply.”

The tweet, which has since been deleted, went viral and soon became a hilarious meme.

I confronted a woman yesterday in Croydon. I asked her to explain Vienna. She said "It means nothing to me". A mealy mouthed reply.

— Simon Pegg (@Simon_Pegg) March 23, 2016

I confronted Croydon and asked it to explain @MatthewDoyle31. Nobody had heard of him. A mealy mouthed reply.

— Rupert Myers (@RupertMyers) March 23, 2016

@MatthewDoyle31 can you please provide an explanation for Donald Trump?

— HANA (@IXIIIIXIXI) March 23, 2016

@TechnicallyRon @MatthewDoyle31 I confronted a person with a guitar and asked them to explain Coldplay.

— ischmee! (@markfredme) March 23, 2016

@MatthewDoyle31 @TechnicallyRon I confronted an astronaut and asked him to explain how to fly away from all this mess.

— Romana (@RomanaSustar) March 23, 2016

Mr Doyle later offered an apology saying he was “in a state of shock” when he decided to confront the woman.

@suzanneshine For sure - however I was horrified at the events that happened and was in a state of shock.

— Matthew P Doyle (@MatthewDoyle31) March 23, 2016

Thank you for your thoughts. The incident did happen yesterday - If I was anyway threatening - I would be reported. Confront is a bad word.

— Matthew P Doyle (@MatthewDoyle31) March 23, 2016

But he later followed apparent contrition with these tweets a few hours later:

Britain is for Britain's and those who accept our currency of decent behaviour and an intolerance of the Islamic threat to our nation.

— Matthew P Doyle (@MatthewDoyle31) March 23, 2016

Who cares if I insulted some towelhead ?? Really.

— Matthew P Doyle (@MatthewDoyle31) March 23, 2016