Manchester police APOLOGIZE for fake terrorist shouting ALLAHU AKBAR during terror drill

This is patently ridiculous. Apparently Muslims on social media got their beards in knots over a realistic terror drill where a fake Muslim shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’, just before a very small explosion was simulated. Thus the Manchester police apologized profusely:

Via Fox News Insider:

Police in Manchester, England, have apologized for a counter-terror training drill in which a fake suicide bomber shouted “Allahu Akbar.”

The simulated attack took place Monday night at the city’s Trafford Centre. A man dressed in black walked into the building’s food court and shouted the Arabic phrase, which means “God is great,” at the crowd.

Seconds later, an explosion went off, following by simulated gunshots, as hundreds of volunteers, wearing safety glasses and hearing protection headgear, dropped to the floor and took cover.

Critics quickly used social media to complain that the depiction of the terrorist stereotyped Muslims.

From the Telegraph:

Dr Erinma Bell, who describes herself as a “Community Activist in Peace & Conflict Resolution” blasted on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/ErinmaBell/status/729941325311774720

Manchester University’s diversity officer Ilyas Nagdee posted:

The CommunitySafetyForum said:

So then guess what happened:

Assistant Chief Constable Garry Shewan of Greater Manchester then said sorry after receiving several critical tweets about the exercise.

He said:

This is political correctness run amok! These are not stereotypes when they’ve actually happened, and happened a lot!


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