Sudanese Soccer Fans Appear To Celebrate Holocaust With Massive Hitler Banner
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
By Ari Feldman November 28, 2017
An anti-discrimination soccer network is investigating a Sudanese club after its supporters were seen holding a massive banner of Adolf Hitler and appearing to celebrate the Holocaust, the Mirror reported.
FARE, an international network backed by major soccer institutions like FIFA, tweeted early Monday about the supporters of Al Hilal Omdurman, a major Sudanese team.
In pictures from a recent game, fans could be seen holding signs that read “HOLOCAUST” next two a massive banner of Hitler’s face.
Fare is investigating a shocking incident at a league match in #Sudan over the weekend. Supporters of Al Hilal Omdurman displayed a banner with a portrait of Hitler and the words ‘holocaust’. A gruesome first for Sub-Saharan Africa. https://t.co/RlaWHFZgLw pic.twitter.com/62VbUM165f
— Fare (@farenet) November 27, 2017
The Mirror reported that the club’s “ultras,” its highly organized, fanatical supporters, were allegedly behind the display.
Al Hilal Omdurman is based in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.
Contact Ari Feldman at [email protected] or on Twitter @aefeldman.
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