A 12-year-old boy has been arrested for allegedly sending sickening racist messages to Crystal Palace and Ivorian winger, Wilfried Zaha.
The 27-year-old footballer posted screenshots of the racist abuse he had received to his social media accounts ahead of Sunday’s Premier League game at Aston Villa, alongside the caption: “Woke up to this today.”
One of the messages sent to Zaha read: “You better not score tomorrow you black c***.”
The other read: “Or I’ll come to your house dressed as a ghost.”
Two disgusting images of the Ku Klux Klan, a racist hate group based in the US, and another displaying an edited version of a box of cornflakes, carrying the words ‘coonflakes’ and displaying a man with his face blacked up were also sent to the footballer.
After the game – which Villa won 2-0, West Midlands Police confirmed that a boy, aged 12, from Solihull has been arrested in relation to the incident.
A statement published on Twitter said: “We were…
Source: Linda Ikeji
