https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg3exy1ngw0o

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said she has reported a "sinister" threat to her life to police.

"Last night a threat to kill me was issued online," Ms McDonald posted on social media., external

"The individual said he would shoot me dead."

She added the threat "represents an escalation of targeted online abuse" towards her over the last year.

"It is totally unacceptable," she added. "I have reported this to An Garda Síochána (Irish police force)."

The claim "was made to take my life, it was as blatant and blunt as that", she told Irish broadcaster RTÉ.

Ms McDonald said the individual also "made a threat against a senior member of An Garda Síochána" – understood by BBC News NI to refer to Commissioner Drew Harris.

"May I say that is completely unacceptable and I expect that matter will be dealt with as well," Ms McDonald added.

In a statement, a gardaí spokesperson said: "An Garda Síochána does not comment on third-party material and videos circulating online, the contents of which cannot be verified."

by HeWasDeadAllAlong

8 comments

  2. They’ve been threatening, assaulting and outright killing people perceived as foreign for a while now, not to mention burning places to the ground

  3. I am sure this will not get preferential treatment to all the other death threats people face in this country as a regular occurence.

  5. I don’t think the ira would threaten to kill someone over the internet, must be some troll

  6. Bad craic but remember she’s a member of a “political party” who are connected to dozens of atrocities and still withhold information on “the disappeared “. They used to warn locals that going to the police would be punishable by death, thank god they’ve moved away from that at least.

  7. Ironic that the leader of Sinn Fein doesn’t like death threats

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