Kneecap’s Mo Chara speaks out after terror charge dropped: ‘It was always about Gaza’
Kneecap rapper says failed terror charge was ‘always about Gaza’
- Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, who performs under the name Mo Chara, had a terrorism charge against him dropped on Friday due to a technical error.
- He was accused of displaying a flag in support of the proscribed organisation Hezbollah at a gig in Kentish Town, north London, in November 2024.
- Speaking outside Woolwich Crown Court, he said the trial was "not about terrorism" but "always about Gaza".
- He said that attempts to silence the band had "failed" and accused the British state of "terrorism", concluding with "Free Palestine".
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