Bayern Munich accused of racism over Halloween party photo

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The photo of Bayern Munich's Halloween fancy dress party posted on the club's Twitter account.
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. 
The Bundesliga club quickly deleted the photo, but not before a number of Twitter users had accused Bayern of racism, with one saying: "Seriously?... someone dressed up as BOMBER(?)".

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