France Mila affair: Five held for death threats over video critical of Islam

(BBC) Five people have been detained on suspicion of making death threats to a French teenager who posted videos critical of Islam, prosecutors say.

Mila, 17, had to change schools last year after an Instagram video for her friends in which she criticised Islam was widely shared on social media.

She then posted another video on social media site TikTok last November which prompted a new wave of online threats.

She was getting about 30 hate messages a minute at one point, her lawyer said.

France’s online hate crimes task force took over the case.

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