A cardboard cutout of former al Qaeda leader of Osama Bin Laden was removed from the stands at Elland Road Stadium after a photo was posted on twitter.
Because of the new coronavirus situation all around, theworld came to a standstill. People were forced to be locked down in their homes. Businesses, educational institutions, cinema halls, entertainment industry everything is being shut. Live concerts and matches have also been cancelled. Cricket, football which the people love to watch had been cancelled because of the pandemic. And now everything has been slowly opening up.
The players have been playing the match but there are no spectators allowed to come watch the match. This step is being taken as a part of the effort to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus. In the love of the fans who love watching these matches, many English clubs like Leeds United are giving fans the chance to send in photos and cutouts of themselves to put on the stands instead. This step will not be the same as watching a live match but it is definitely an effort by the players to involve their fans in the match. It also makes the stands full as no one like playing surrounded by empty stands.
A photo of the stands was posted on twitter and the people recognized one of the cut outs to be of a terrorist Osama Bin Laden. As soon as the people online started pointing it out, the Leeds removed the card board cut out and ensured that they will ensure there are no more offensive images in the stands before the next game which is happening on Saturday against Fulham.
Similar news was reported in Australia, earlier this month when a cutout of British serial killer Harold Shipman was spotted in the stands of a National Rugby League game.
Another news of Osama Bin Laden is also making rounds after a video of Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan went viral. The video which went viral was during a parliament meeting. In the video, Imran Khan is seen calling the former al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden Shaheed (martyr). The global terrorist who was responsible for the 9/11 attacks a martyr as in the person who was killed fighting for hiscountry.
In the video Imran Khan can be heard saying that ‘We were embarrassed, When Americans came and killed him at Abottabad..Martyred him.’ Imran Khan was seen lashing out at the United States saying that the Americans entered Pakistan and Killed Laden without informing Islamabad. He also said that 70,000 Pakistanis died due to US-waged war on terror.
Osama Bin Laden who was the mastermind behind the whole 9/11 attack which happened in 2001 in the United States. He was the leader of the global terror group.
The video of the parliament where Imran Khan can be heard calling Osama Bin Laden a martyr has already gone viral on social media and people are not taking it well.
By Deepika Agarwal
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