Rafinha trolled over Arab bomber costume on Halloween

03 November,2018 10:40 PM IST |   |  mid-day online correspondent

One follower wrote: This is not good for your Arab fans. This is racism. Another added: Portraying Arabs as terrorists and you're OK with it? This is really in bad taste. Are you tone deaf or what? What a disappointment.


Bayern Munich defender Rafinha was trolled for wearing an Arab bomber costume on Halloween. The German club's official Twitter handle posted this picture (above) of the Brazilian, 33, holding a bomb-like package. Rafinha was bitterly trolled for the post.

One follower wrote: "This is not good for your Arab fans. This is racism." Another added: "Portraying Arabs as terrorists and you're OK with it? This is really in bad taste. Are you tone deaf or what? What a disappointment."

The footballer later posted another picture of himself in the outfit and captioned it: "Halloween is a scary celebration with exaggerated costumes. It was not my intention to anger anyone through my disguise or hurt someone's feeling's."

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