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Police Arrest London Man for Threatening to Kill Nigel Farage
A man was arrested July 14 in London on suspicion of sending threatening communications to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. The arrest followed identification of a May social media post and came days after the killing of former MP Ann Widdecombe.
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Police arrested a man in London on July 14 on suspicion of sending a threatening communication to Nigel Farage, GB News reported. The suspect posted on X on May 8 that he would shoot Farage in the head if he won, and later sent further threats to life in response to tweets about local election results. The man had described himself as a terrorist on social media.
Parliament’s security information and risk analysis service identified the post and reported it to the Metropolitan Police’s parliamentary liaison and investigations team. Detectives contacted X to identify the account holder and tracked the suspect to make the arrest. The suspect was interviewed by officers and released on bail pending further inquiries.
Bail conditions prohibit contact with Farage, restrict social media use, and bar entry to the Westminster area. Scotland Yard informed Farage of the arrest on the morning of July 15. Farage told The Telegraph that this marked the first time police had proactively acted on a social media post regarding threats to him.
The arrest occurred days after Ann Widdecombe, 78, Reform UK's immigration and justice spokeswoman and a former MP, was killed at her home in Dartmoor last week.
