The image was shared on social media by a former PSNI officer, who pointed out that it is an offence under the Terrorism Act 2000 to wear clothing linked to a proscribed organisation.
Police say they are aware of a photograph that appeared to show a man dressed as a Hamas fighter for Halloween in Derry city.
“We are aware of an image posted on social media, and we are working to establish if this is genuine and, if so, when this person was pictured,” said Chief Superintendent Nigel Goddard, as quoted by Belfast Live. “From the image we have right now, this will clearly be extremely difficult to identify the person pictured,” the area commander noted.
Former first minister of Northern Ireland Arlene Foster commented on the image on X : “A Halloween festival with kids milling about and someone decides to dress up as a Hamas terrorist. Glorifying and normalising terrorism has consequences – none of them good,” she wrote.
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