French prosecutors investigate racist abuse of Kylian Mbappé by Paraguayan senator
- Prosecutors in France have opened an investigation into the racist attack on Kylian Mbappé by a Paraguayan senator, with officials weighing whether to demand that the senator be charged with aggravated public insult or incitement to hatred or violence.
- The Paris prosecutor’s office told the Guardian on Tuesday it had launched the inquiry after the French Football Federation (FFF) filed a complaint with the national unit for combating online hate.
- After Paraguay’s bruising loss to France at the World Cup on Saturday, Celeste Amarilla, a senator from Paraguay’s Liberal Radical party, posted a torr
Confirmed
- Prosecutors in France have opened an investigation into the racist attack on Kylian Mbappé by a Paraguayan senator, with officials weighing whether to demand that the senator be charged with aggravated public insult or incitement to hatred or violence.
- After Paraguay’s bruising loss to France at the World Cup on Saturday, Celeste Amarilla, a senator from Paraguay’s Liberal Radical party, posted a torr
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- The Paris prosecutor’s office told the Guardian on Tuesday it had launched the inquiry after the French Football Federation (FFF) filed a complaint with the national unit for combating online hate.
Sources: Al Jazeera, Guardian