Lionel Messi ‘held captive’ by Isis jihadi in poster promoting terror at Russia World Cup

 

A photo of Lionel Messi has been used by Islamic State in a propaganda poster that threatens terror at the Russia World Cup 2018.

The image is believed to have been released by pro-Isis mouthpiece the Wafa Media Foundation and is said to be the latest in a series of sick messages aimed at football fans.
In the propaganda poster, Barcelona star Messi is seen kneeling down wearing an orange jumpsuit – similar to those worn by people held captive in Isis execution videos.A jihadi soldier is stodd next to him, holding his head up, in the photoshopped image.In the background, the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow is shown.
The newly built arena will host the opening game of the tournament, Russia vs Saudi Arabia as well as the semi-final and final of the World Cup in July.In text alongside the image, a threat reads: ‘So strike them upon the necks and strike from them every fingertip.’The official logo for the tournament has been altered to make it look like the world cup and the number eight in 2018 has been damaged.The poster was shared by online jihadist tracking company SITE Intelligence Group.The terrorist group has made repeated threats against the summer games in Russia in retaliation for airstrikes in Syria that helped bring the terror regime to its knees.

The newly built arena will host the opening game of the tournament, Russia vs Saudi Arabia as well as the semi-final and final of the World Cup in July.In text alongside the image, a threat reads: ‘So strike them upon the necks and strike from them every fingertip.’The official logo for the tournament has been altered to make it look like the world cup and the number eight in 2018 has been damaged.The poster was shared by online jihadist tracking company SITE Intelligence Group.The terrorist group has made repeated threats against the summer games in Russia in retaliation for airstrikes in Syria that helped bring the terror regime to its knees.
Tens of thousands of England fans are expected to base themselves in St Petersburg for the month-long finals.St Petersburg, Russia’s second largest city, was the scene of a horrific Isis attack when a briefcase bomb detonated on the underground in April, killing 14 people.It comes at an already tense time for relations between Russia and England in the wake of the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury, which the government has blamed on Russia.Some politicians have called for the national team to boycott the tournament.