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Six HSBC employees sacked over ‘abhorrent’ IS-style beheading clip

on Jul 7, 2015 | 0 comments

By John Glenday

Banking giant HSBC has moved swiftly to fire six employees who filmed a faux beheading in the style of an Islamic State propaganda video, in an effort to stave off the public relations fall-out from the incident.

The offensive video was reportedly shot during a team building event in which the employees took time-out from a go-karting session to don overalls and balaclavas alongside an orange jumpsuit clad ‘victim’.

Posing for the camera whilst one worker shouted ‘Allahu Akhbar’, Arabic for God is greatest, whilst one of his colleagues wielded a coat hanger and another held the kneeling man in front by Read full story ›

Source: The Drum