'Anti-British' balaclava-clad rap group Kneecap are referred to counter-terror police after telling fans to 'kill your MP' - as Irish band rails against its critics
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The Northern Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap has been referred to counter-terror police after telling fans to 'kill your MP'.
The group was already under investigation after a resurfaced video from 2024 showed a member of the band seemingly shout 'up Hamas, up Hezbollah'.
The Metropolitan Police has now reportedly confirmed a second video from a concert in London in 2023 was also being looked into by counter terrorism officers to see if it broke terrorism laws, the Telegraph reports.
It showed a member of the band saying: 'We're still under British occupation in Ireland. We still have old men in London making decisions that affect my life in Ireland.
'And even worse, they're f*****g Tories. The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP.'
A spokesman for the Met Police confirmed to the newspaper they were made aware of a video believed to be from an event in November 2024.
It has referred it to the Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit to determine if any police investigation is needed.
A No 10 spokesman said: 'We unequivocally condemn threatening remarks made towards any individual.
It comes as the trio have said they intend to take legal action over 'false accusations of antisemitism' following a controversial performance at Coachella last weekend.
The politically-charged rappers suffered a backlash after concluding their second set at the US music festival with a sequence of three on-screen messages accusing Israel of genocide and war crimes in Gaza.
The first read: 'Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people.'
The second message added: 'It is being enabled by the US government, who arm and fund Israel despite their war crimes', before the final one concluded: 'F*** Israel. Free Palestine'.
TV presenter Sharon Osbourne later accused Kneecap of 'openly supporting terrorist organisations' and called for their US visas to be revoked. Daniel Lambert, the band's manager, claimed the trio received 'severe' death threats.
But Kneecap, who are no strangers to controversy, have used social media to hit out against what they see as a 'co-ordinated smear campaign'.
'The recent attacks against us, largely emanating from the US, are based on deliberate distortions and falsehoods,' wrote the band.
'For over a year, we have used our shows to call out the British and Irish governments' complicity in war crimes.
'The recent attacks against us, largely emanating from the US, are based on deliberate distortions and falsehoods.
'We are taking action against several of these malicious efforts.'
The band added that 'massive numbers of Jewish people' were 'outraged by this genocide just as we are' and said they would 'not stay silent'.
The band, which consists of Móglaí Bap and Mo Chara from Belfast and DJ Próvaí, who comes from Derry and performs in a balaclava, has established an avid fanbase in the US.
