US EditionDutch Police Detain Man over Threats to Far-Right Politician Wilders Ahead of Election
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In a video he posted on TikTok, he said, among other things, that he intended to go to Parliament "with an axe" to "make heads fall"
Dutch police detain man over threats to far-right politician Wilders ahead of election
AMSTERDAM - The Dutch public prosecutor's office said on Wednesday that police had detained a 25-year-old man for questioning after he had issued violent threats against politicians in a livestreamed, widely shared TikTok. Read more at straitstimes.com.
A police team from The Hague has arrested a 25-year-old man from Alphen aan den Rijn for threatening politicians, the Public Prosecution Service reported. The man made statements in a livestream on social media. In it, he said he would go to the House of Representatives with an axe. He also said that "heads will roll." The footage was subsequently widely shared. In the livestream, the suspect answered the question of who he would start with. He …
Dutch police have arrested a young man in the west of the country after he threatened on TikTok to go to parliament with an ax or "heads will start falling".
TikTok user who pledged to behead Dutch politicians held by police in The Hague
A 25-year-old man from Alphen aan den Rijn was arrested on Wednesday after threatening in a TikTok livestream to go to the Tweede Kamer with an axe, saying that “heads [are] going to roll.” The video, widely shared on social media in recent days, prompted an investigation by the Police Unit for Threatened Politicians in The Hague, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) reports.
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