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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kevin Rawlinson

Kneecap row: police assessing ‘kill MP’ and ‘up Hamas, up Hezbollah’ footage

The three members of Kneecap.
Artists including the DJ Annie Mac and the bands Massive Attack and the Pogues said there been an attempt to ‘censor and ultimately deplatform’ Kneecap, pictured. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters

Dozens of artists – including Pulp, Paul Weller and Primal Scream – have come out in support of the band Kneecap, as counter-terrorism police said they were investigating videos of them allegedly calling for the deaths of MPs and shouting “up Hamas, up Hezbollah”.

On Thursday, detectives said videos of the two incidents had been brought to their attention in late April, and had been referred for assessment by specialist counter-terrorism officers. They had “determined there are grounds for further investigation into potential offences linked to both videos”, officers said.

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