'Burkini' pool party in France cancelled after organisers receive death threats

A ‘burkini’ swimming pool party in France has been cancelled after the organisers received death threats, less than a week after the local mayor said he wanted to ban the event. Mayor Michel Amiel of Pennes-Mirabeau, near Marseilles, announced he had discussed the proposed party with the Speed Water Park venue with regards to the “extreme ideological positions” he believed the organisers were taking. A joint decision was made to call off the event in an effort to “calm the situation” and preserve...

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