A macabre and disturbing display set up at a home in rural Manitoba that depicted municipal politicians being hanged by a noose has been taken down, but some officials and community members in the area continue to be concerned that it was ever set up in the first place.

RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Melanie Roussel confirmed in a Monday email the display, which was set up in a yard on Municipal Road 41E, in the community of Ste-Geneviève in the RM of Taché, has been removed by the homeowner.

She added no charges against the homeowner are expected at this time.

On Saturday, RM of Taché council held a meeting to discuss the display, which, before being removed, showed, among other disturbing imagery, five life-sized figures being hanged from what looked like a homemade gallows.

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