Crime & Justice
Man Arrested Over Alleged Threat to Shoot Nigel Farage
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Man Arrested Over Alleged Threat to Shoot Nigel Farage
A man in his 20s was arrested in south London on suspicion of sending threatening communications to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.
- Metropolitan Police arrested the man in south London on Tuesday, July 14, on suspicion of sending a threatening communication to a Member of Parliament.
- The arrest relates to a post on X reported to police on May 8, one day after local and mayoral elections.
- The man has been bailed pending further inquiries, police confirmed.
- Farage said this was the first time police had proactively acted on a social media threat against him, urging them to investigate hundreds of similar posts.
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