ICC World Cup 2023 Final: During the final of the World Cup 2023 being played between India and Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, a Palestine supporter entered the field wearing a T-shirt and then grabbed Virat Kohli. During this, he tried to hoist the flag of Palestine, but the security personnel took him into custody.
He told that his name is John and he is from Australia. He said that he had entered the field to meet Virat Kohli. John said that he supports Palestine. NNI has shared a video of him, in which the police is taking John to the police station.
A man with the message “Free Palestine” printed on his T-shirt jumped into the playground in support of stopping the bombing in Gaza.#cricketworldcup #INDvsAUSFinal #worldcupfinal #world Cup #Virat Kohli #RohitSharma #Palestine #Gaza #GazaUnderAttack #israelhamaswar pic.twitter.com/vBZpdzjLNr
– Sachin Kumar (@SachinKumaaar) 19 November 2023
‘I support Palestine.’
In the video, John is saying, “My name is John… I am from Australia. I came (to the field) to meet Virat Kohli and I support Palestine.” He is wearing a T-shirt in support of stopping the bombing of Gaza. His T-shirt had “Free Palestine” printed on it.
The person is of Chinese-Filipino origin
During questioning, the man was identified as Wayne Johnson, an Australian of Chinese-Filipino origin. It is noteworthy that ICC does not allow any political sloganeering during its event and no such act is allowed in India also.
Let us tell you that after Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, it attacked Gaza. Since then, more than 12,000 Palestinians have died.
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