A 12-year-old boy has been arrested after Premier League goalscorer Wilfred Zaha was sent sickening racist messages online.
The Crystal Palace winger posted screenshots of messages which threatened him and called him a “black c***”
The account is shown to have sent two messages ahead of Palace's game with Aston Villa today with one reading: “You better not score tomorrow you black c***.”
The other read: “Or I'll come to your house dressed as a ghost.”
A disgusting image of the Ku Klux Klan, a racist hate group based in the US, was also sent to the footballer.
Zaha captioned the screenshots: “Woke up to this today.”
West Midlands Police confirmed after the game – which Villa won 2-0 – that a boy, aged 12, from Solihull has been arrested in relation to the incident.
Earlier, cops had replied to Zaha's tweet, encouraging the Palace winger to report the sick abuse as a crime.
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Both clubs were quick to condemn the vile messages and Villa vowed to ban the culprit for life.
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