Far-left extremists have claimed responsibility for threatening Dutch populist leader Geert Wilders with a death threat using a portrait of the leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV) hanging from a noose.
Mr Wilders, who has been under protection for the past 20 years over fears of Islamist violence and is used to attempts on his life, shared an apparent threat from so-called anti-fascists in the Dutch city of Dokkum last week. .
photograph published An Indymedia platform aligned with Antifa appeared to feature a portrait of the PVV brand, wearing a T-shirt with the party's initials, a blonde wig, and a noose around his neck.
The statue was displayed outside the Chapel of St. Boniface, the place where St. Boniface was killed by a group of Frisian bandits in 754 AD.
Below the statue is a banner that reads “PVV = NSB,'' a reference to the Dutch National Socialist Movement (NSB), a Nazi political party during World War II.
The banner added: “This is the end of fascists.”
In a statement on the far-left anarchist Indymedia platform, the apparent perpetrators said: “On Halloween night, from Wednesday 30th October to Thursday 31st October 2024, anti-fascists in Frisian Dokkum hung a Geat lookalike” Wilder who fell from a noose. ”
“Gert Wilders' PVV is a modern-day fascist and undemocratic party that must be fought tooth and nail. There is no place for fascists in this world, in politics or in society,” the statement added.
In response to this threat, the PVV leadership wrote to X: “Gert Wilders standing on the ropes…it's so disgusting that I can't even describe it.”
The case has been largely ignored by the Dutch establishment media until now, after Mr Wilders and his wife, who opposed the Islamization of Europe, were taken from their home by police over death threats from Islamic extremists. It happened exactly 20 years later. . Since then, Wilders and his wife have been protected 24 hours a day, living in a series of safe homes.
Mr Wilders is the driving force behind the Netherlands' current coalition government after his party won elections last year. commented On Monday's tragic anniversary, he said: “I fight every day for the freedom of the Dutch people, because I know how bad it is to have no freedom.”
