Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Algerian football player, Youcef Atal, arrested for “inciting racial hatred” after supporting Palestine on his IG story.
Atal was suspended by the French soccer league for seven matches over the post last month, which came amid global tensions over the Israel-Hamas war. Nice also suspended him.
Nice authorities opened an investigation after Atal posted the message and detained him for questioning on Thursday, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement. Prosecutors ordered him to stand trial Dec. 18 on a charge of incitement to hatred for religious reasons, it said.
He was released Friday on bail of 80,000 euros ($87,500) and placed under judicial supervision pending the trial. He is not allowed to leave France except for international soccer games.
The French league also banned him for seven matches. Having 29 caps for Algeria, Atal joined Nice from Belgium’s Kortrijk in 2018 to score 12 goals in 115 appearances.
Israel has launched relentless air and ground attacks in Gaza following the Hamas attack, killing more than 14,854 Palestinians, including 6,150 children and over 4,000 women, according to health authorities in the enclave.
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