Twitter on Friday announced that it had permanently suspended the account of outgoing US President Donald Trump.

"After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence," Twitter said in a statement on Friday. 

The decision taken by the California-based social media platform came into force two days after his supporters stormed the Capitol that lead to the death of five people.