FOOTBALL fans appear to have celebrated the HOLOCAUST by unfurling a shocking banner featuring Adolf Hitler's face.

The sign was seen on the sidelines of a league game in Sudan alongside flares, flags and the word "holocaust".

1 Pictured is the sick Hitler banner unfurled on the side of the Sudanese football match Credit: Twitter

The incident was described by football anti-racism campaigners as a "gruesome first" for Sub-Saharan Africa.

It is alleged the banner was displayed by fans of Sudan's Al-Hilal Omdurman, which is one of the country's biggest clubs and based in the capital Khartoum.

German website Spiegel reported that police secured the block of seating where the banner was unfurled but did not make any arrests.

Campaign group Fare Network, which attempts to curb discrimination within the game, has now said it is investigating the incident.

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It stated: "Fare is investigating a shocking incident at a league match in #Sudan over the weekend.

"Supporters of Al Hilal Omdurman displayed a banner with a portrait of Hitler and the words holocaust’.

"A gruesome first for Sub-Saharan Africa."

Around six million Jews were slaughtered in the Holocaust, the name given to the genocide perpetrated by Hitler and the Nazis.

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