Kneecap member charged with terror offence

A member of Irish language hip-hop group Kneecap has been charged with a terror offence.

Liam O’Hanna, aged 27 from Belfast, has been charged after allegedly displaying a flag in assist of Hezbollah, a proscribed organisation, the Metropolitan Police has stated.

It pertains to an incident on 21 November 2024 on the O2 Forum in Kentish Town, London.

Mr O’Hanna, who performs below the title Mo Chara, is because of seem at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 18 June.

Officers from the Met’s counter terrorism command have been made conscious on 22 April of a web-based video from the occasion.

An investigation was carried out, which led to the Crown Prosecution Service authorising cost.

Earlier this month, the Met said it would investigate online videos allegedly exhibiting the group calling for the demise of British MPs and shouting “up Hamas, up Hezbollah”.

Both Hamas and Hezbollah are banned within the UK and it’s a crime to specific assist for them.

Kneecap say they’ve by no means supported Hamas or Hezbollah and wouldn’t incite violence in opposition to any particular person. They say the video in query has been taken out of context.

Plenty of gigs that includes the band have been known as off for the reason that movies emerged.