A Conservative councillor has faced calls to resign over a doctored photo depicting Jeremy Corbyn at the scene of Sunday's Liverpool terror attack.
The image of a burning taxi, with the former Labour leader holding a wreath superimposed into the scene, was posted from Paul Nickerson's Twitter account.
He faced a wave of condemnation and calls to stand down as a result.
Mr Nickerson, who has since deleted the tweet and apologised, has been approached for comment.
The East Riding of Yorkshire councillor, who represents the Minster and Woodmansey ward, has also been suspended.
The tweet, which the BBC has chosen not to reproduce, contained the image and the caption: "Unsurprisingly".
It is thought the image was a reference to a row which erupted when pictures of Mr Corbyn attending a wreath-laying ceremony at a Tunisian cemetery surfaced.
After the post was deleted, Mr Nickerson, wrote: "I would like to apologise for a political tweet sent from my account yesterday which has been upsetting for some people and I unreservedly apologise to all concerned."
A local Labour Party group has written to council leader Jonathan Owen, urging him to take disciplinary action.
Members of the Beverley and Holderness branch said "elected officials" needed to act in a professional manner, and Mr Nickerson's conduct had been "condemned at both a local and national level".
The tweet not only implied Mr Corbyn was a terrorist sympathiser, but "more importantly, he made light of a horrendous terrorist act", they said.
Mr Nickerson also faced heavy criticism online, with a string of replies condemning him and urging him to apologise.
One reply said: "The apology is meaningless. The fact is you thought this was acceptable to start with. Absolute disgrace."
Another said: "You need to resign. Even if you thought this was funny before the public backlash that just shows even more how unfit you are to be in your role.
"What an abhorrent human you are."
Another simply read: "You should hold your head in shame."
Mr Nickerson also faced allegations of hypocrisy after a post he made earlier this month, urging people to "temper our language towards politicians of all colours", emerged.
Sunday's explosion was caused when a homemade bomb built by 32-year-old Emad Al Swealmeen went off outside Liverpool Women's Hospital.
Taxi driver David Perry, who had driven the suspect to the scene, escaped before his car caught fire and has since been discharged from hospital.
Four men arrested under terrorism laws have since been released without charge.
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