Prank TV show Tannab Raslan, featuring ‘militants’ threatening to detonate fake suicide vests, taken off air in Iraq – ABC News

Responding to viewer outrage, Iraq’s media regulator has cancelled a TV prank show that lured guests into simulated ambushes by militants, forcing participants and viewers to relive some of the terror and fear that were widespread under the rule of the Islamic State group.
Key points:

• The show follows Iraqi celebrity guests, who are invited to what is described as a “charity event” but then fall prey under various scenarios to a staged ambush by actors playing militants
• The ambush re-enactments include…

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