Bomb threat after radio host insults ‘darkie’ Annan

A TOP New Zealand radio presenter who made racist remarks about United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan was forced off the air yesterday by a bomb threat.

Bomb threat after radio host insults ‘darkie’ Annan

Police evacuated the Auckland radio studio of NewstalkZB 15 minutes before Paul Holmes’ breakfast news and talk show was due to end. For the next one-and-a-half hours, the station broadcast only music.

Local media reported a caller had phoned the station warning a bomb would go off if Holmes was not taken off the air.

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