Before the 2018 World Cup, Messi received another death threat
The self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) has once again raised an atmosphere of fear for security at the 2018 World Cup in general and for Lionel Messi in particular.
Accordingly, this organization has just posted a picture of the Argentine superstar in prison clothes preparing to be executed.
Remember at the end of October last year, the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) sent a threatening message to Neymar and Lionel Messi. Accordingly, this terrorist organization publicly posted a poster containing barbaric images:
Messi was beheaded lying on the ground while Neymar was crying and begging. The product was spread by the YJC news site (Iran), which is said to be designed by the Wafa Media Foundation, a media organization that operates for terrorist groups.
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Then, just a few days later, SITE - an organization that specializes in monitoring terrorist media activities around the world - published a photo of Messi standing behind bars with bloodshot eyes.
In addition, the terrorist organization IS also released a photo of a gunman with an AK-47 and explosives ready to be activated standing from a distance watching Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia.
Recently, IS once again raised an atmosphere of fear for the security of the 2018 World Cup in general and Messi in particular. Specifically, in the new photo posted by IS, Messi in prison clothes is being escorted by an IS militant who is ready to behead him with a knife.
The background of the photo is said to be the Luzhniki Stadium, which will host the opening match and final of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
In this photo, IS has written in Arabic with an English caption: “So strike [them] upon the necks and strike from them every fingertip.”
Currently, Messi is focusing on the Argentina national team to prepare for two friendly matches with Italy and Spain at the end of March. His and his teammates' goal at the 2018 World Cup is to step up to the championship. At the 2014 World Cup, Messi's Argentina lost to Germany in the final.