An image of Argentina and Barcelona star Lionel Messi crying blood was on Wednesday released by terror group Isis online in a threatening message to the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia.
“You are fighting a state that does not have failure in its dictionary,” the message read with a doctored image of Messi standing behind bars.
Pro-#ISIS media unit Wafa' Foundation continues to threaten 2018 FIFA #WorldCup, this time using an image of #LionelMessi in a prison outfit pic.twitter.com/isB8RDKYAK
— SITE Intel Group (@siteintelgroup) October 24, 2017
The image was released by a pro-Isis media group and tweeted by the SITE Intelligence Group, a think tank on Tuesday.
The image also includes the words “Just Terrorism”, a possible dig at Nike’s catchphrase “Just do it”.
In the past few months, a number of threatening posts have emerged targeting the World Cup in Russia.
#FIFA18 a recurring topic among #ISIS supporters, w chatter & graphics threatening "enemies of Allah in #Russia"https://t.co/MfmbizGUyg pic.twitter.com/CqoEROGfjB
— Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) October 24, 2017
Isis has targeted football before. It had taken responsibility after a bomb was set off outside the Stade de France even as France hosted Germany in a friendly.
