Police probe threats against pro-Brexit MPs

Police in the UK are investigating allegations that someone has issued death threats against prominent Brexit supporters, including the senior Conservative Party politician and Leader of the House of Commons, Andrea Leadsom.

The threats were sent anonymously by an individual or group that signed itself "the real 48 percent". The Times newspaper reported the typed letters had been addressed by hand.

"The real 48 percent" alludes to the referendum vote held in the United Kingdom in June 2016 in which 51.9 percent of those who voted indicated they wanted the UK to leave the European Union. The Guardian newspaper said the sender appears to be someone who wants the UK to remain within the EU.