A 21-year-old woman from Nijmegen has been arrested on suspicion of making threats against Forum leader Thierry Baudet at last weekend’s anti-racism demonstration in Amsterdam.

The woman, with short blonde hair and her face partly covered with a scarf, was seen on social media chanting’ if you want to gun down Thierry, just say bang!’, surrounded by a group of similarly dressed protesters.

The footage led prime minister Mark Rutte and politicians from across the political spectrum to condemn the group and to question why police had not intervened at the time.

Forum’s victory in the provincial elections has generated a stream of opinion pieces and columns as well as social media reaction, as commentators grapple to decide if Baudet is a far-right nationalist or not.

In Tilburg, D66 alderman Marcelle Hendrickx survived a motion of no confidence on Monday night after warning people who vote for Forum that they are voting for racism, the dismantling of democracy, hatred and division.

Ik hoop dat mensen in Tilburg zich realiseren dat een stem op Hans Smolders, lijstduwer Forum v Democratie, een stem tegen onze inclusieve stad is. Het is een stem voor racisme, afbraak rechtsstaat, haat & verdeeldheid. Dat heeft Baudet afgelopen weken weer duidelijk laten zien.

— Marcelle Hendrickx (@marhendrickx) March 20, 2019

Hendrickx said during the council debate that she had not been painting Hans Smolders, a Noord-Brabant council hopeful and former driver for populist politician Pim Fortuyn, as a racist.

‘I am sorry that my message came over differently than it was intended,’ she said.

Last week Utrecht University suspended a lecture for writing ‘Volkert, where are you’ on Facebook. Volkert van de Graaf served 12 years in jail for shooting Fortuyn dead in a Hilversum car park just days before the 2002 general election.