Kneecap’s Liam O’Hanna has been charged with terrorism offences after he was accused of displaying a flag in support for Hezbollah at a London gig.
O’Hanna, 27, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, is alleged to have displayed the flag showing the terrorist group while the controversial Irish hip-hop group performed at the O2 Forum in Kentish town last year.
The Met Police said the rapper, from Belfast, was showing the flag ‘in such a way or in such circumstances as to arouse reasonable suspicion that he is a supporter of a proscribed organisation’.
The force’s counter terror unit conducted an investigation into the event, on November 21, after they were shown a video in late April.
Hezbollah is a proscribed terror organisation, and it is a criminal offence under the Terrorism Act 2000 to ‘invite support’ for either group.
O’Hanna is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 18 June.
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O’Hanna, 27, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, is alleged to have displayed the flag showing the terrorist group while the controversial Irish rap group perfromed at the O2 Forum in Kentish town last year. Pictured: O’Hanna, left, with bandmates DJ Provai and Moglai Bap
The Met Police said the rapper, from Belfast , was showing the flag ‘in such a way or in such circumstances as to arouse reasonable suspicion that he is a supporter of a proscribed organisation’
