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Tyson Fury ‘apologises’ for antisemitic rant

May 17, 2016 08:52
Tyson Fury in 2008 (Wikimedia Commons)

ByMarcus Dysch, Marcus Dysch

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Tyson Fury, the world heavyweight boxing champion, has attempted to apologise for an antisemitic rant in an online video.

The Manchester-born fighter claimed Jews “own all the banks, all the papers, all the TV stations” during a question and answer session posted on YouTube earlier this month.

He claimed “media scrutiny” was partly to blame for his racist comments.

As well as attacking homosexuals and claiming bestiality would be legal within a decade, Mr Fury had said people could be “brainwashed by all the Zionist, Jewish people who own all the banks, all the papers all the TV stations. Be brainwashed by them all”.