Kneecap Band Member Charged With Terrorism for Displaying Hezbollah Flag at Concert
22nd May 2025
A member of the Irish rap group Kneecap has been charged with a terrorism offense for displaying a Hezbollah flag at a concert in London last year, a month after the group displayed a “F— Israel” projection at the U.S. music festival Coachella.
London’s Metropolitan Police announced the charge in a press release Wednesday, saying that Liam O’Hanna, 27, has been charged with the crime for displaying the flag at a November 2024 concert in a way that would “arouse reasonable suspicion that he is a supporter of a proscribed organisation, namely Hizballah.”
O’Hanna, whose stage name is Mo Chara, is one of Kneecap’s three members. He is scheduled to appear in court on June 18.