Football: PSG player Kheira Hamraoui attacked, her teammate Aminata Diallo in custody
Kheira Hamraoui in the Paris Saint-Germain jersey against the Chicago Red Stars in Louisville, United States, August 21, 2021 Tim Nwachukwu GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP / Archives
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Paris (AFP) - The French international footballer from Paris SG Kheira Hamraoui was violently assaulted last week, told Agence France Presse from a source close to the case, and her teammate in club and selection Aminata Diallo, present at the time of the facts, was taken into custody on Wednesday 10 November, the club confirmed.
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Paris Saint-Germain takes note of the police custody of Aminata Diallo this morning by the Versailles SRPJ as part of the procedure opened following an assault last Thursday evening against players of the club
", he said in a press release, confirming information revealed by the daily
L'Equipe
.
Holder Tuesday evening in the Champions League against Real Madrid (4-0), in the place usually occupied by Hamraoui who was absent for "
personal reasons
" according to the club, Diallo was arrested Wednesday morning in Marly-le-Roi (Yvelines ) and placed in police custody by the brigade for the repression of banditry of the judicial police of Versailles.
The Versailles prosecutor's office was seized, according to the source close to the file.
The two players, returning from a dinner organized by the club on Thursday evening, were present in the same vehicle when strangers committed the assault on Hamraoui, hitting her in the legs with an iron bar, like the 'reported the newspaper
L'Equipe
.
Diallo would have been retained by the attackers, but not the victim of physical violence, a source within the club told AFP.
The French Aminata Diallo, in the jersey of the Utah Royals, during her loan by Paris Saint-Germain, on July 17, 2020 in Herriman, before the match of the NWSL Challenge Cup against the Houston Dash Maddie Meyer GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP /Archives
Returning this summer to PSG, after a first stint in the capital (2012-2016), Hamraoui established herself as a holder at 31 among the reigning French champions, after winning the Women's Champions League with FC Barcelona last May.
Recalled to the France team after two and a half years of absence, in October, the former Barça player was forced to give up due to injury.
The coach Corinne Deacon then called back Diallo (26 years old), without making her play.
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