Marine Le Pen takes down image of US reporter’s execution

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has taken down a tweet showing the execution of US reporter James Foley after his family protested — but left up two other gruesome images of violence by Islamic State (IS) extremists.

French authorities are investigating the tweets, which Le Pen posted in response to a journalist who made an analogy between her National Front party and IS.

Le Pen said she was trying to show the difference between the two but the effort drew widespread condemnation, and the interior minister accused her of fomenting IS propaganda.