Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho (Instagram)
A man has been arrested after racist messages were posted on social media against England players following their defeat in the European Championship final.
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A man has been arrested after racist messages against England players were posted on social media following the European Championship final, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said on Wednesday. A 37-year-old man from Ashton upon Mercy in Trafford, Greater Manchester, handed himself over to police on Wednesday morning. The GMP said he was subsequently arrested on suspicion of having committed an offense under Section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act and was kept in custody for questioning.
The social media post was sent out on Sunday evening after England’s defeat by Italy in the Euro final, and flagged to GMP.
Detective Inspector Matt Gregory of the GMP’s Trafford Division said: “The actions of such a small number of people saw a highly integrated event for our country on Sunday evening.
“We are firm in our commitment, any racist abuse whether online or off is not acceptable.
“Now we have one person in custody and our investigation is on.”
England players Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were subjected to online racist abuse after they missed penalties in Sunday’s shootout defeat at Wembley.
Wednesday’s arrest by GMP comes after West Murcia police investigated a racist tweet aimed at Rashford and arrested a 50-year-old man.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Wednesday that social media companies would be fined 10% of their global revenue if they failed to remove racist abuse from their platforms.
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