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Antisemitism campaigner reports Twitter death threat to police

Fiona Sharpe said: 'I will not be intimidated or silenced'

August 13, 2019 07:31
Fiona Sharpe shared a screengrab of the threat
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An antisemitism campaigner has reported a death threat to police saying, "I will not be intimidated or silenced".

Fiona Sharpe said she was receiving support from CST and Labour Against Antisemitism. She shared the threat, which was sent on Twitter and said "Tick tock. Karma is coming" along with a bomb symbol.

"This is now in the hands of the police. I will not be intimidated or silenced. I will never stop calling out antisemitism wherever I see it," Ms Sharpe said.

The Twitter account that sent the threat @Lucy_Loobie remains active and has tweeted defences of itself.

The account, which says it is shared between several people, said to one person: "It was about time running out not a bomb you silly people."

The Labour Against Antisemitism campaign group, for whom Ms Sharpe is a spokesperson called the tweet a "disgusting" threat. 

"Labour Against Antisemitism will not tolerate threats of violence against our activists - this has been reported both to the CST and the police," they said.