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Football: Eight men arrested for online racist abuse of Spurs player

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<p>Eight men have been arrested as part of an investigation into the online racist abuse of an unnamed Tottenham Hotspur player last month, London&#x27;s Metropolitan Police said on Friday.</p><p>The police said the investigation took place after a Spurs player was targeted with &quot;highly offensive and racist remarks&quot; on Twitter following their 3-1 Premier League loss to Manchester United on April 11.</p><p>Spurs condemned the &quot;abhorrent&quot; racial abuse of South Korean forward Son Heung-min on social media after the game.</p><p>The police said four other men were also interviewed, with all 12 of them being &quot;under suspicion of using words or behaviour, or displaying written material with intent to stir up racial hatred&quot;.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/03/30/21/we-feel-grief-and-anger-bts-condemns-anti-asian-racism">‘We feel grief and anger’: BTS condemns anti-Asian racism</a></li></ul><p>Spurs said they welcomed the action taken by the police.</p><p>&quot;There is no place for racism anywhere in our game and society,&quot; the club <a href="https://twitter.com/SpursOfficial/status/1395644202789314560">tweeted</a>.</p><p>The abuse was initially detected through United&#x27;s online racist abuse reporting tool and then flagged to the police in Manchester, with the Met Police leading the investigation, the <a href="https://news.met.police.uk/news/police-action-to-root-out-online-racist-abuse-towards-footballer-results-in-nation-wide-arrests-427822">statement</a> added. <strong>(Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru Editing by Toby Davis)</strong></p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1689997" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Eight men have been arrested as part of an investigation into the online racist abuse of an unnamed Tottenham Hotspur player last month, London's Metropolitan Police said on Friday.</p>

Eight men have been arrested as part of an investigation into the online racist abuse of an unnamed Tottenham Hotspur player last month, London's Metropolitan Police said on Friday.