SHAKIRA has apologised for selling necklaces featuring a Nazi symbol.

The Colombian pop star, 41, was charging fans £7 for a trinket featuring the Black Sun emblem on her El Dorado World Tour.

3 Colombian pop star, 41, was charging fans £7 for a trinket featuring the Black Sun emblem until fans pointed out it was also used by the Nazis Credit: The Mega Agency

She has now pulled the item after fans pointed out the character was incorporated in the floor of Germany’s Wewelsburg Castle — the Nazi regime’s “centre of the world”.

The Hips Don’t Lie star had been selling it as part of a collection of merchandise at European gigs.

One fan tweeted: “Dear @shakira, you know that your necklace depicts an important Nazi symbol, propagated by the SS during the Nazi era?”

Another added: “Why is Shakira selling nazi tour merch.”

3 Hips Don’t Lie star Shakira was forced to apologise after selling the necklace as part of a collection of merchandise at European gigs on her world tour

3 The symbol was incorporated in the floor of Germany’s Wewelsburg Castle — the Nazi regime’s centre of the world Credit: Alamy

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Tour promoter Live Nation has said the necklace “was based on pre-Colombian imagery” yet some fans had expressed concern that the design bore a resemblance to Neo-Nazi imagery.

He added: “We sincerely apologise for this inadvertent similarity and have permanently pulled the item from the tour.”