A Co Armagh man has been charged with making social media death threats to New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern. The court heard a Twitter message with a photograph of a gun and the words ‘you’re next’ was said to have been sent to Ms Arden on March 20th, days after the attack. Mr Burns was further charged with making similar threats to Mayor of London Sadiq Khan on Facebook in December. The court heard that during interview Mr Burns said he had far right political leanings and negative sentiment towards minorities, Muslims and LGBT people. The court heard similar posts towards minorities are under investigation by the PSNI.

Source: The Irish Times April 12, 2019 17:03 UTC