WASHINGTON: Anti-Muslim online posts targeting New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani have surged since his Democratic primary upset this week, including death threats and comments comparing his candidacy to the September 11, 2001 attacks, advocates said on Friday. There were at least 127 violent hate-related reports mentioning Mamdani or his campaign in the day after polls closed, said CAIR Action, an arm of the Council on American Islamic Relations advocacy group, which logs such incidents.

Zohran Mamdani declares victory in NYC’s Democratic mayoral primary as Andrew Cuomo concedes.

In a major upset, Mamdani, who would be city’s first Muslim mayor if elected, looks set to defeat former governor Andrew Cuomo in city’s Democratic primary