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Footballer Youcef Atal gets 8 months suspended prison sentence for inflammatory post on Gaza

The French criminal court has imposed a fine of Rs 40,98,330 along with an 8-month suspended jail sentence on Algerian footballer Youssef Attal for 'inciting hatred on grounds of religion'.

Muskan Kumawat Journalist

Jan 4, 2024 • 2:52 PM

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“Footballer Youcef Atal gets 8 months suspended prison sentence for inflammatory post on Gaza”

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4 Jan 2024

Algerian footballer Youssef Attal has been given an eight-month suspended prison sentence for a social media post on the Israel-Hamas conflict. A French criminal court has imposed a fine of €45,000 (Rs 40,98,330) along with an 8-month suspended jail sentence for 'inciting hatred based on religion', reports the French daily Nice-Matin.

Youssef Attal, who won the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations with Algeria, shared a video on Instagram in October in which a Palestinian preacher prayed to God for 'a dark day for the Jews' amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. Was. The Algerian player was placed in police custody last Thursday, the report said.

However, he was released the next day on bail of 80,000 Euros after being presented under judicial supervision. He is banned from leaving the national territory except for his activities as a professional footballer. He has been in Nice since 2018. He was suspended by the Ligue 1 club in October following media posts and the French league also banned him for 7 matches.

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