Gogglebox stars sorry for Islamic State joke

A family who star on TV show Gogglebox have apologised for posting a joke photograph on Facebook with the caption “ISIS training day”.

Gogglebox stars sorry for Islamic State joke

Brothers Baasit, Raza, and Umar Siddiqui were snapped wearing camouflage to go paintballing.

The image and caption, a reference to fundamentalist terror group Islamic State, was reported to police after it was uploaded to Facebook by Raza, 31 — who has only appeared in a handful of episodes of the hit Channel 4 show — with the caption “ISIS training day, look how happy we look”.

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