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Man arrested over ‘Manchester Arena bomber’ Halloween costume (www.independent.co.uk)

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A man has been arrested after complaints about somebody appearing on social media wearing a Halloween costume depicting Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi.

Abedi killed 22 people as well as himself when he detonated a bomb at the end of an Ariana Grande concert at the arena in May 2017.

Pictures of a man wearing an Arabic-style headdress, with the slogan “I love Ariana Grande” on his T-shirt, and carrying a rucksack with “Boom” and “TNT” written on the front, caused fury when they were posted earlier this week.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I get that it's offensive, I truly do, but I don't think people should be arrested just for being offensive. If he was threatening to do something similar or something like that, then that's different.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's a difficult one for the police - sending offensive communications is an offence, and this counts as one, so they are duty-bound to investigate it. As unpleasant as it is, I hope it goes no further.