West Ham hand evidence to police over alleged abuse of Mohamed Salah

• Club statement condemns ‘abhorrent racist abuse’
• Fare Network say recent rise in incidents is alarming

West Ham have handed evidence to the Metropolitan Police after investigating the apparent Islamophobic abuse of Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah by one of their fans.

After Monday’s game at the London Stadium, a video emerged in which someone is heard shouting apparent abuse at Salah as the Egyptian forward took a corner. The incident, which occurred during the first half of the 1-1 draw, was captured in a video posted on Twitter.

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