Liam O’Hanna, one of the members of the Northern Ireland rap group, Kneecap, was accused of the terrorist offensive, after having shown a Hezbollah flag in November in November in November, the London Police announced tonight on Wednesday, May 21.
During a concert in the O2 forum in London, the singer “Branded (…) a flag, in a way or in circumstances that reasonably suspects that he is a supporter of a prohibited organization, namely Hezbollah”, a crime included in the 2000 terrorism law, the police said in a statement.
Hezbollah, a Pro-Iraní Lebanese formation, is considered a terrorist group in the United Kingdom.
“Come on Hamas! Go the Hezbollah!”
Liam O’Hanna, whose artistic name is Mo Chara within Kneecap, will appear on June 18 before a London court.
The Belfast trio, known for his prophelinian positions, has been under fire for criticism since he accused Israel of “genocide against the Palestinian people” in Gaza, on the stage of the Californian Festival of Coachella.
Since then, the videos of several of their concerts have emerged on social networks, which show, for example, one of the members of the group that seems to shout “Go to Hamas! See Hezbollah!”
At the beginning of May, the Anti -Terror Police announced that they were investigating several videos, saying “that there were enough reasons to investigate any crime.”
The rappers assured them “not to support and never supported Hamas or Hezbollah.” “We condemn all attacks against civilians, even,” they said on social networks.
In recent weeks, the group has been fired from a Cornwall Festival (southern England) and has seen several of its concerts planned in Germany in September canceled.
Source: BFM TV
