For more than 24 hours, the affair has shaken the world of football. THEa player of PSG Kheira Hamraoui was violently attacked on November 4. Her teammate Aminata Diallo, suspected of being involved, was taken into custody on Wednesday 10 November. Franceinfo: sport takes stock of what we know.
What happened ?
Thursday November 4, PSG player Kheira Hamraoui was the victim of a violent attack. This took place after an evening organized by PSG in a restaurant in the Bois de Boulogne in the presence of all the players and the Parisian staff.
The facts allegedly took place while Kheira Hamraoui was being escorted home by car by one of her teammates, Aminata Diallo. Hamraoui was allegedly extracted by two hooded people, who physically injured her by inflicting strikes with an iron bar on the legs. Aminata Diallo, she was surrounded by the attackers, according to a source within the club at France Bleu Paris.
Who is concerned ?
Wednesday November 10, new twist in the case. The midfielder of PSG and the France team, Aminata Diallo, was arrested at her home in Marly-le-Roi (Yvelines), and placed in police custody by investigators from the Versailles judicial police. This custody was then extended for 24 hours, in other words until Friday, November 12 in the morning. According to information from The team, his apartment and his vehicle were allegedly searched by police officers from the banditry repression squad. She would have been auditioned four times, before denying her involvement in the charges.
An investigation has been opened for willful violence in a meeting with weapon and premeditation, according to information from France Bleu Paris. Still according to France Bleu, a second police custody has also been underway since Wednesday, without the person having a family tie with the player.
According to information from Sunday newspaper, confirmed by France Inter and AFP, this individual would on the other hand be a relative of Aminata Diallo, who was extracted from prison in Lyon to be placed in police custody. He is suspected of being in the driver’s seat in this aggression.
What are the links between the two players?
Aminata Diallo and Kheira Hamraoui are teammates on the pitch and play in the same position within PSG, that of midfielder. They also rub shoulders in the France team, since they are both international French. Kheira Hamraoui, who played for PSG between 2012 and 2016, left for three years at FC Barcelona between 2018 and 2021, before returning to PSG this season. Diallo has been working for the capital club since 2016.
According to several media, the track of a rivalry between the two players is mentioned. Tuesday, November 9, during the Champions League meeting against Real Madrid won by PSG (4-0), Hamraoui was not in a state to play. Aminata Diallo was established for this match at the same position.
How did PSG react?
The club reacted in a statement on Wednesday, indicating that “Paris-Saint-Germain strongly condemns the violence committed. Paris-Saint-Germain is collaborating with the Versailles SRPJ to shed light on the facts. The club is attentive to the progress of the procedure and will study the follow-up to be given to it. ”
The case shook the whole club, so much so that PSG decided to cancel the media activities of its women’s section scheduled for Friday two days before the summit against Olympique Lyonnais in the French Championship, AFP learned from the club. In this context, the training initially open to the media on Friday morning in Bougival (Yvelines) will be held behind closed doors. The press conference of coach Didier Ollé-Nicolle and a player, planned in the wake, will not take place, AFP learned from sources inside PSG.