A British man who allegedly decided to disguise himself as the perpetrator of the attack that took place during an Ariana Grande concert in 2017 has been reported to the police by former friends for a hate crime as they found his costume in bad taste. “Halloween.” .
“It makes me cry to think that anyone would find this even the slightest bit funny,” an ex-boyfriend of David Wootton, 40, lamented to The Sun on Sunday.
Over the weekend, the forty-year-old shared a photo of himself on social media wearing an Arabic-style headdress and a T-shirt with the inscription “I love Ariana Grande.” » in French) and refers to the perpetrator of a bomb attack that occurred in Manchester in 2017 after he left a concert by the singer.
A total of 22 people were killed and many people were injured in the attack on Salman Abedi.
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The man also reportedly shared a picture of a backpack on which he had written “Boom” and “TNT” – the acronym for an explosive substance – before adding: “I bet I’m getting kicked out of the Halloween party.” according to the British tabloid.
While several of his friends quickly urged him to immediately remove his post, the man reportedly continued his joke, adding that he “won the costume contest.”
“Find [quels sont] “My friends without any sense of humor… it works well,” he would have added in his release, according to The Sun.
However, one of them decided to contact the police to report the costume as a hate crime, the British media continued, saying that the forty-year-old was now under investigation.
David Wootton was contacted by The Sun on Sunday evening and apologized for his clothing.
“It’s not offensive. It was an adult costume. […] “I didn’t mean to hurt anyone and I deeply apologize if that was the case,” he reportedly told English media.