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The British Labour Party’s shadow business secretary Angela Eagle is challenging Jeremy Corbyn for the party leadership. Photo: AFP

UK Labour’s Corbyn says he has received death threats, after leadership rival’s office is targeted

Jeremy Corbyn, the beleaguered leader of the UK’s opposition Labour Party, said he has received death threats over the past week as he battles to stay in his role.

The veteran socialist, whose lawmakers in parliament overwhelmingly passed a vote of no confidence in him last month, made the claim as he issued a statement after a window was broken at the office of Angela Eagle, who is challenging him for leadership of the party.

“It is extremely concerning that Angela Eagle has been the victim of a threatening act and that other MPs are receiving abuse and threats,” Corbyn said in an e-mailed statement. “As someone who has also received death threats this week and previously, I am calling on all Labour Party members and supporters to act with calm and treat each other with respect and dignity, even where there is disagreement.”

Merseyside Police is investigating “criminal damage” to the ground floor window of a building in Manor Road, Wallasey, where Eagle has her constituency office, the force said in a statement on its website.

This article appeared in the South China Morning Post print edition as: leader calls for calm following death threats
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