A far-right French lawmaker has been banned from parliament for shouting “go back to Africa” after a black colleague from the far left talked about migrants.
Far-right French politician Marine Le Pen has called for the closure of more mosques in the country, amid a growing trend of Islamophobia across Europe.
"I naively took a joke for information. I didn t think someone would make a joke about someone being murdered, but it was my fault for not fact-checking before sharing. My apologies to #HideoKojima and to #MetalGear."
In the Tweet, far-right politician Rieu claimed the far-left was behind the assassination that took place during a campaign speech in Nara on Friday and included three photos of Hideo Kojima.
Le Pen is projected to have received 42 percent of the vote, marking the largest percentage of support her far-right party has ever seen in a French election.