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'Disgusting': Hull City working with police after racial abuse targeted at new signing

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Hull City on Thursday ‌condemned racist abuse directed at ‌new signing Robinio Vaz ‌on social media and ‌said they were working with ‌authorities to identify those responsible.

[p]The 19-year-old French striker ‌joined the newly promoted ⁠Premier League side on loan from ​Italian club [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/as-roma/zVqqL0ma/"]AS Roma[/a] on transfer deadline ​day.[/p][p][b]"No individual should ever experience discriminatory abuse, and ⁠the club ​will provide Robinio with our full support," Hull said in a statement.[/b][/p][p][b]"We are ‌also working with Humberside Police and other relevant authorities to identify the accounts responsible for this disgusting abuse, so that appropriate action can be taken against those individuals."[/b][/p][embed guid="779783ad-139d-482c-8f15-c9f6d5777da2" url="https://x.com/HullCity/status/2095448006879265153" social-type="twitter" /][p]Hull ‌have enjoyed a strong ​start to life back ‌in the top flight, winning their opening two matches, and host [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aston-villa/W00wmLO0/"]Aston Villa[/a] on Saturday.[/p]

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