New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern receives death threats over showing solidarity with Muslims

WELLINGTON:New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern receives death threats overshowing solidarity with Muslims after the deadly Christchurch mosquesattacks.

Police in New Zealand are investigating death threats sent to PrimeMinister Jacinda Ardern on social media.

According to the *NZ Herald*link,a Twitter post containing a photo of a gun and captioned “You are next” wassent to the prime minister.

Another post tagged Ardern and the New Zealand police said “next it’s you”.

A spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office said Twitter “seems to havealgorithms for everything else and they owe the public a duty of care”.

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Twitter suspended the account which contained anti-Islamic content andwhite supremacist hate speech.

The posts were pointed out to Twitter itself after the social networkinggiant tweeted a message of support following the Christchurch mosqueattacks last Friday which left 50 people dead.

The New Zealand prime minister has been hailed internationally followingher reaction and the handling of the situation.