Bayern Munich accused of racism over Halloween party photo (CNN)

Germany’s most successful football club Bayern Munich is facing a barrage of criticism after it posted a photo on its Twitter account of a player’s Halloween party.

In the photo, one player appears to be wearing traditional Arab attire and is holding a box that looks like a package bomb, with caution stickers and wires coming out of it.

CNN has reached out to Bayern Munich for comment about the image, which sparked accusations of racism on Twitter.

Since then, Brazilian national Márcio Rafael Ferreira de Souza — known as “Rafinha” — posted an apology on his official Twitter account.

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