French police on Friday detained Algerian worldwide Youcef Atal, who performs for Ligue 1 soccer aspect Nice, in a probe into suspected “justification of terrorism” after he printed a social media submit on the Israel-Hamas battle, prosecutors mentioned. Last month the 27-year-old defender was banned for seven matches over the submit, which he shortly deleted and subsequently issued an apology.

The public prosecutor in Nice opened a probe following a request from the native prefect and mayor of Nice.

Prosecutors later mentioned that Atal will face trial for incitement to spiritual hatred on December 18 on the Nice legal court docket.

He had already been suspended by his membership “until further notice”.

Despite the participant’s apology, OGC Nice mentioned that it determined to “take immediate” motion, “prior” to any sanctions that could be taken by sporting or judicial our bodies, “given the nature of the publication shared and its seriousness”.

In mid-October, the Nice public prosecutor introduced the opening of an investigation into “justification of terrorism.”

Atal has been criticised for sharing a video from a Palestinian preacher on Instagram, purportedly calling for violence in opposition to Jewish folks.  AFP was unable to independently confirm its content material.

France, which has giant Jewish and Muslim populations, ramped up safety after Hamas launched large assaults on Israel on October 7.

Israeli officers say the assaults killed 1,200 folks, largely civilians, and about 240 folks had been taken hostage.

Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas and its retaliatory air and floor offensive within the Gaza Strip has killed practically 15,000 folks, 1000’s of them kids, in line with the Hamas authorities of the Palestinian territory.