A Ligue 1 football player handcuffed for inciting racial hatred on religious grounds. Youcef Atal, the Nice winger who in October was investigated for sharing a video of Palestinian preacher Mahmoud al-Hasanat who asked God to send “a dark day for the Jews” and “follow the hand of the Palestinians if they throw the stone.” ” The gesture followed the October 7 Hamas attack in Israel. The Nice defender, an Algerian international, had already liked a dubious post after the attack on the Nice basilica in 2020. As reported by the local newspaper Good morningwho also broke the news of the arrest, was suspended by the club, while the French Football League handed him a seven-match suspension from Tuesday 31 October.
On October 16, after sharing the video, the Nice Public Prosecutor’s Office announced the opening of a preliminary investigation for “apology for terrorism and public provocation to hatred or violence”. Once again, according to Nice Matin, “the accusation of inciting racial hatred for religious reasons was finally upheld”. Atal, who is also a player for the Algerian national team, deleted it immediately after posting the video and apologized. But that wasn’t enough, today the news of the arrest.
Source: IL Tempo
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