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This was the series of tweets that triggered the international reaction;
MISREPRESENTED CONTEXT
— Dr Mahathir Mohamad (@chedetofficial) October 30, 2020
1. I am indeed disgusted with attempts to misrepresent and take out of context what I wrote on my blog yesterday. https://t.co/QFQZ0y7HUD
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Former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad tweets that Muslims have a right "to kill millions of French people", sparking widespread anger and prompting Twitter to delete his posthttps://t.co/yDo8opp83X pic.twitter.com/pSPKVXLYiX
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) October 30, 2020
Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has said Muslims "have a right to punish the French" hours after three people were killed in a knife attack in Nice. https://t.co/bUobCP1GCG
— SBS News (@SBSNews) October 29, 2020
Former PM Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has released a statement saying he’s disgusted with attempts to misrepresent his views on France and the Muslim community.
— BFM News (@NewsBFM) October 30, 2020
He says the comments were taken out of context without reading his post in entirety. pic.twitter.com/QcinlboUWT
Hours after the Nice attack, former Malaysia PM Mahathir Mohamad said Muslims had a right to ‘kill millions of French’.https://t.co/QyQYPM8lUZ
— The Australian (@australian) October 29, 2020
Mahathir Mohamad's 'abhorrent' comments on Nice terrorist attack condemned https://t.co/YjLGCWPcOz
— Guardian news (@guardiannews) October 29, 2020
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