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| HSBC sacks staff over mock Islamic State video | HSBC sacks staff over mock Islamic State video |
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| HSBC has sacked employees who made an "abhorrent" video in which they pretended to be Islamic State militants carrying out a beheading. | HSBC has sacked employees who made an "abhorrent" video in which they pretended to be Islamic State militants carrying out a beheading. |
| The video was posted online and shows a man dressed in an orange jumpsuit, while five other men in black stand around him - one holding a fake knife. | The video was posted online and shows a man dressed in an orange jumpsuit, while five other men in black stand around him - one holding a fake knife. |
| The Sun said the employees were members of the bank's legal division in Birmingham on a team building exercise. | The Sun said the employees were members of the bank's legal division in Birmingham on a team building exercise. |
| The bank said it did not tolerate "inappropriate behaviour". | The bank said it did not tolerate "inappropriate behaviour". |
| "As soon as the Sun brought this video to our attention we took the decision to sack the individuals involved," the bank said. | "As soon as the Sun brought this video to our attention we took the decision to sack the individuals involved," the bank said. |
| "This is an abhorrent video and HSBC would like to apologise for any offence caused." | "This is an abhorrent video and HSBC would like to apologise for any offence caused." |
| The bank did not specify how many people had been sacked. | The bank did not specify how many people had been sacked. |
| 'Shocking behaviour' | |
| The newspaper has posted an eight-second clip of the video on its website in which one man shouts "Allahu Akbar" - Arabic for "god is great" - while others laugh. | The newspaper has posted an eight-second clip of the video on its website in which one man shouts "Allahu Akbar" - Arabic for "god is great" - while others laugh. |
| It said the employees created the video while on a visit to Teamworks Karting in Birmingham. | |
| Teamworks Karting has released a statement which described their actions as "shocking behaviour". | |
| It said: "The abhorrent video was filmed without our knowledge, during a private party booked by one of our corporate clients and we would not wish this to reflect negatively on Teamworks. | |
| "We have lodged a complaint with HSBC and understand that the individuals involved have since been sacked." |