Majority of trolls who sent racist abuse to Bukayo Saka , Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho after Euro 2020 final were NOT British and most live abroad, BBC investigation reveals
The majority of trolls who sent vile racist abuse to Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho on social media were not England fans and live abroad, often thousands of miles from the UK, a new investigation revealed today. Boris Johnson and Prince William condemned the mindless racists who bombarded the footballers with monkey, gorilla and banana emojis after they missed penalties in the Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy this summer. But today a BBC investigation has revealed that the vast majority of those who sent racist abuse were not from the UK at all. Most were non-Britons living abroad, many with far-right sympathies, including trolls in Russia, across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The racist abuse in the aftermath of the Euro 2020 final saw England labelled a 'racist country' with an 'ingrained culture of intolerance', some claimed was made worse by Britain leaving the EU. Now disproved claims hundreds of England fans were ready to racially abu