An Iranian man says he was forced to move from Coventry and change his name after being called a terrorist for having a 9/11 tattoo.
The man, now known as Shane Hicks, says he got the Twin Towers inking as a tribute to the thousands of people who died in the 2001 jet attacks.
But the 34-year-old warehouse worker claims people misunderstood the depiction of the Manhattan skyline on his arm because of his Middle Eastern appearance.
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Mr Hicks said: “At first it was just jokes and the odd insult, but then people started to say things like I was a suicide bomber.
“I started to hide the tattoo as much as possible, but you can’t cover it up all the time and it was just above my elbow. It was very visible when I had short sleeves on.”
He said he was arrested on the London Underground and held in police custody for six hours on suspicion of being terrorist.
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Mr Hicks said: “I’m a normal person and I don’t support terrorism at all. But as I am originally from Iran I was immediately considered suspicious when the police saw my tattoo.
“I felt very passionately about what happened. So many innocent people were killed that I thought it would be a way to remember them.
He fled to Bolton to start a new life and is now married with a child. He is currently having the tattoo removed.
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Mr Hicks said: “That was the first and last tattoo I will ever have. You can’t just change your mind and wash it off.”
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A dad is having his Twin Towers tattoo removed after he was arrested as a terror suspect, forced to change his name, flee his home town and labelled a suicide bomber by his pals.
Shane Hicks, originally from Iran, had the New York skyline inked on his arm as a tribute to those who lost their lives in the 9/11 terror attacks.
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But the dad-of-one said his life turned into a nightmare as people misunderstood why he had the tattoo because he is Asian.
He is now desperate to get the inking removed and has had three laser removal sessions so far but will need several more.
Mr Hicks, 34, of Kearsley, Greater Manchester, said: At first it was just jokes and the odd insult, but then people started to say things like I was a suicide bomber.
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They were seriously accusing me of being a terrorist. I’m Asian, so I think people got the wrong impression. I started to hide the tattoo as much as possible, but you can't cover it up all the time and it was just above my elbow.
I felt very passionately about what happened. So many innocent people were killed that I thought it would be a way to remember them. But people assumed I had the tattoo for the wrong reasons.
The warehouse worker, who got the tattoo two years after the 2001 attacks, also said the tattoo led to him being arrested after the 7/7 bombings in London in 2005. He claimed he was stopped on the Tube and held in custody for six hours on suspicion of being terrorist.
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Mr Hicks said: I'm a normal person and I don't support terrorism at all. But as I am originally from Iran I was immediately considered suspicious when the police saw my tattoo.
Eventually, he decided to change his name and move from Coventry to Bolton to start a new life. He now works in Wigan and lives with his wife and daughter - and wished he had never had the tattoo.
Mr Hicks said: That was the first and last tattoo I will ever have. You can't just change your mind and wash it off. I would say to people thinking of having a tattoo 'don't do it'.
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