A criminal investigation has launched over Bob Vilan and Knee performances in Glastonbury on Saturday, police in Avon and SOshrite said.
The force said she had appointed a senior detective to investigate whether the comments made by the two acts were a criminal crime after a person examination.
A statement is added: “This is recorded as an incident in public order at the moment, while our inquiries are at an early stage.”
Speaking to parliament on Monday after the announcement, the secretary of the culture Lisa Nandi called the scenes aired “horrific and unacceptable”.
Police did not specify which part of the Bob Vilan or Kneecap set would have been the subject of criminal investigation.
This comes after the BBC said it had to be cut off from a live broadcast of Bob Vilon’s performance, during which the band’s singer Pascal Robinson-Foster, who performed under the name Bobby Vilon, led the chant of “death, death of IDF [Israel Defense Forces]”.
These comments have caused criticism of both the English duo Punk-Rap and the BBC for its lively reflection of their presentation.
The corporation said “will look at our directions for live events so that we can be sure that the teams are clear when it is acceptable to maintain production on the air” and labeled notes made during the anti -Semitic performance.
Lisa Nandi told MPs that she had immediately called the BBC CEO after the set was broadcast.
She said that there were exceptional questions, including why the issue “was not immediately shortened”, why it was broadcast live “given the fears of other actions during the weeks preceding the festival” and what had been properly checked before deciding to put Bob Vilan on television.
“When the rights and safety of people and communities are at risk. When the national television operator fails to maintain its own standards, we will intervene,” she added, saying she would continue to speak with the BBC in the coming days.
Earlier, the OBC regulator said the BBC “obviously has questions to answer” regarding its reflection and the government asked why the comments were broadcast live.
Glastonbury’s organizers said they were “horrified” by the comments that “crossed a line”.
On Sunday, Robinson-Foster responded to the Instagram dispute, writing “I said what I said” and a statement in defense of political activism without dealing with his comments on the stage in more detail.
Since then, both Bob Vilon members – who had to start a tour of America later this year – have canceled their American visas, of course.
US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau wrote to X: “Foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country.”
In response, Bobby Vilon released a video statement on social media on Monday, where he said politicians should be “completely ashamed” to where their “beliefs” hide.
“It was a knee first, we’re two now,” he said.
“No matter how it is said, the call to end the slaughter of innocents is never wrong. For the Israeli civilians, they understand that this anger is not directed at you and do not allow your government to convince you that the call against an army is a call against people.
“For Keyer, Kemi and the rest of you, I’ll take you on a later date.”
Avon and Somerset police have also confirmed that the criminal investigation will evaluate Kneacap Glastonbury’s performance.
The Irish-linguistic rap group is known for making propalist and political comments during their live performances and attracted disputes in the past.
The member of the group Liam óg ó Hanide, who performs under the name Mo Chara, has been accused of terrorism for a crime for claiming to have shown the flag of the forbidden terrorist organization Hezbollah at a concert. He refused the prosecution.
Although there was no live flow since Kneacap’s performance, BBC uploaded to a large extent an unadacted version of the Glastonbury page, it emphasizes the BBC Iplayer.