Another twist in the case of the attack on Kheira Hamraoui: his ex-teammate at PSG Aminata Diallo, a time suspected at the start of the investigation, was arrested early Friday morning at his home and again placed in custody. seen.

Aminata Diallo, without a club since the end of her contract at PSG, had already been placed in police custody in this case in November 2021, before coming out free, without charge against her.

According to the Versailles prosecutor's office, contacted by AFP, there are "about eight hours" left to perform on this police custody started in November, legally limited to 48 hours in total.

She does this in the premises of the judicial police of Versailles.

Contacted by AFP, Aminata Diallo's lawyer, Mourad Battikh, did not wish to comment immediately.

Diallo has always denied being involved

This new arrest follows the arrest of four men on Wednesday and Thursday in the Paris region.

Three of them, heard by the police since Wednesday morning, were to be referred and presented to an examining magistrate for an indictment on Friday morning, said the Versailles prosecutor's office.

According to several sources, they acknowledged their presence at the scene of the attack.

All these arrests take place within the framework of an open judicial investigation for "criminal association" and "aggravated violence".

After the assault with an iron bar on Kheira Hamraoui, 32 years old and 39 caps for the France team, the hypothesis of a rivalry between the two PSG players, who play in the same midfield position, had been , initially considered.

Aminata Diallo and one of her friends, imprisoned in Lyon, had been placed in police custody but no charge had ultimately been brought against them.

Aminata Diallo has always strongly contested being involved.

Hamraoui away from the group all season?

On November 4, 2021, Kheira Hamraoui was attacked with iron bars and beaten on the legs by two men, in front of Aminata Diallo, as they were driving home from a team dinner.

The player was then taken to hospital.

Under contract with the Parisian club until June 2023, Hamraoui has been kept away from the professional group since the start of the 2022-2023 season.

A situation that she had noted by an usher during a training session last week.

Hamraoui intends to spend this season at PSG, which on the other hand does not count on her.

"She is not part of PSG's sporting projects and it will remain like that for the whole season," said the club's deputy sporting director, Sabrina Delannoy, last week.

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