Algerian legionnaire Youssef Atal, who plays for the
football club Nice (OGC Nice) as a defender, received
eight months suspended prison sentence for distributing a video with
calling for a "black day for the Jews." This was reported by UNN with reference to L'Équipe.
Details
The court of the French city of
Nice found the 27-year-old footballer guilty of inciting religious hatred,
and fined him 45,000 euros. It is said that Atal
posted on Instagram a video of a Palestinian preacher calling for
"a black day for the Jews." However, the post has now been deleted.
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It is also reported
that Atal publicly apologized, but after the incident, the club suspended the player
"until further notice". The French Ligue 1 disqualified the
professional for 7 games.
Atal is obliged to
to publish the details of the court's decision in the newspapers Nice-Matin and Le Monde, paying for it out of
out of his own pocket.
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In the near future, 27-year-old
Atal will play for the Algerian national team at the African Cup of Nations,
which starts next week in Côte d'Ivoire.
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