Paris handball player SG Elohim Prandi, summoned for the preparation of the France team for Euro-2022 (January 13-30), was stabbed on New Year’s Eve but is found out of danger, the club announced on Saturday.
“Elohim Prandi was the victim of a violent assault last night in Paris and suffered several stab wounds. The player is currently under observation in hospital and his condition does not give cause for concern.”, indicates the PSG in a press release. “The Prefecture of Police of Paris is seized of the investigation”, specifies the club of the capital. An investigation was opened on the count of attempted homicide and entrusted to the judicial police, we learned from the Paris prosecutor’s office.
An assault in the 8th arrondissement of Paris
The assault took place Friday evening in a street in the 8th arrondissement of the French capital, said two sources close to the investigation. The left-back with 10 selections announced himself as a basic man of the France team at the next Euro, organized from January 13 to 30 in Hungary and Slovakia. Even if he could not join the first preparation module from December 26 to 30 due to a positive test for Covid-19.
He is now moving towards a package for the tournament, believes a source with knowledge of the file. The 23-year-old would add to a long list of absentees, those of Olympic champions Timothey N’Guessan, Nedim Remili and Luka Karabatic, all three injured.