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FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2015 file photo FIFA President Sepp Blatter speaks during a press conference during the 18th edition of the "Sepp Blatter Fussballturnier", in Ulrichen, Switzerland. An effigy of Blatter will be burnt In Edenbridge in England, on Saturday Nov. 7, as part of Edenbridge\'s annual Bonfire Night celebration to mark the historic Gunpowder Plot of 1605. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

Suspended FIFA President Blatter the latest celebrity to be burned in effigy on Bonfire Night

LONDON – An effigy of suspended FIFA President Sepp Blatter is going to go up in flames this weekend.

Blatter, who is under suspension while the soccer body’s ethics committee investigates financial wrongdoing, was chosen as the latest celebrity to be burned in effigy during an English town’s nationally famous Bonfire Night celebrations on Saturday.

The Edenbridge Bonfire Society says “our Celeb Guy has to be Sepp Blatter.”

Towns across Britain light bonfires and set off fireworks on Nov. 5 to commemorate Guy Fawkes’ failed plot in 1605 to blow up Parliament. The bonfires are traditionally topped with an effigy of Fawkes but have been decorated with contemporary figures over recent years.

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