Kneecap, a Northern Irish band, is under police scrutiny for videos showing support for banned groups Hamas and Hezbollah during their recent gigs. Content from their performances has been flagged to the Metropolitan Police’s counter-terrorism unit. The band's endorsement of these groups is illegal in the UK. Amid this controversy, celebrity Sharon Osbourne has called for the revocation of their US work visas, prompting their former sponsor to drop them as they seek a new sponsor for an upcoming North American tour.
Earlier in the week, footage emerged of another gig last year in November which seemed to show a band member shouting "up Hamas, up Hezbollah" at a performance at the Kentish Town Forum.
Both Hamas and Hezbollah are banned in the UK and it is a crime to express support for them.
Following former The X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne calling for Kneecap's US work visas to be revoked over their support for Palestine amid the Gaza war at US festival Coachella, the band was dropped by its now-former sponsor.
The counter terrorism internet referral unit (CTIRU) is a national counter terrorism policing unit based within the Met's Counter Terrorism Command which is dedicated to identifying terrorist and extremist material online.
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