One of the rappers of the North Irish group Kneecap charged for suspicions of support for Hezbollah-Liberation

Liam O’hanna, one of the members of the North Irish rap group Kneecap, was charged with a terrorist offense after having brandished, during a concert in London, a hezbollah flag. This announcement was made by London police this evening on Wednesday evening.

During a concert at the O2 Forum in London last November, the singer had « Brandi (…) A flag, in a way or in circumstances which reasonably make it suspect that he is an supporter of a prohibited organization, namely Hezbollah »an offense included in the 2000 terrorism law detailed the police in a statement. Hezbollah, Iranian Pro Lebanese training, is considered a terrorist group in the United Kingdom.

Liam O’hanna, whose stage name is Mo Chara within Kneecap, will then have to appear on June 18 in a court in London.

Since his visit to the American festival Coachella, on April 11, during which the North Irish trio had brought a pro-Gaza message, Kneecap is under fire criticism. With cascade consequences: calls for the cancellation of their American visas, threats, intimidation and deprogramming of their dates in several rooms and festivals.

Since then, videos of several of their concerts have also emerged on social networks, showing for example one of the members of the group seeming to cry out « Come on Hamas!, Go the Hezbollah! ».

In early May, anti -terrorist police announced that they were investigating several videos, believing « That there were enough reasons to investigate any offenses ». The rappers have assured « Do not support and have never supported Hamas or Hezbollah ». « We condemn all the attacks on civilians, always », they have retorted on social networks.