English police said on Sunday they had arrested a 12-year-old boy suspected of being the author of racist messages to Wilfried Zaha, the star attacker at Crystal Palace. The English club Aston Villa had committed to investigate and banish a supporter for life, but without then knowing his identity, having sent racist insults to the player of Crystal Palace, who unveiled screenshots of the messages on Sunday received before the Premier League match between the two teams. Zaha posted three screenshots of racist messages sent to her account on Instagram by an Aston Villa fan on her Twitter account, including an image from the Ku Klux Klan, a white American supremacist organization.
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- Wilfried Zaha (@wilfriedzaha) July 12, 2020"We deplore the disgusting racist messages sent to @wilfriedzaha," Aston Villa immediately responded to the Birmingham club's official Twitter account. “We condemn all forms of racial discrimination and we join Crystal Palace in this process. We are working with the police to investigate this extremely serious matter and when the culprit is identified Aston Villa will ban him for life, "added the club. All Premier League clubs have been involved in an anti-racism campaign since the championship resumed last month, including logos bearing the campaign slogan "Black Lives Matter". "It is an absolute scandal and it must not happen. We are with you, Wilf, and with all those who suffer such abuses, ”writes for his part Crystal Palace, the club of Zaha, on his Twitter account.
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