Hamraoui case

The Hamraoui case (French: Affaire Hamraoui) refers to the November 2021 assault of French footballer Kheira Hamraoui, the speculation involved, the response of her team Paris Saint-Germain, and the ongoing criminal investigation. On 4 November 2021, Hamraoui was being driven home by teammate Aminata Diallo. Two masked men stopped the car and dragged Hamraoui from it, beating her on the legs. Suspected attackers have been arrested over the course of investigation, as has Diallo on two occasions. Diallo, who had become Hamraoui's substitute when they rejoined the club, was quickly suspected of having arranged the attack; Diallo, of West African descent, denied being part of the attack and claimed that racial prejudice was involved in the suspicion. Subsequently, ethnic conflict seemed to arise when some Paris Saint-Germain teammates of African and Caribbean descents (Kadidiatou Diani, Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Sandy Baltimore) sided against Hamraoui, excluding her in the dressing room and encouraging the team's fans to send support to Diallo and hate to Hamraoui. The staff of the club increasingly sidelined Hamraoui during the remainder of her time with them, and did not try to quell the fan hate; Hamraoui felt that the club itself favoured Diallo and wanted Hamraoui to be unhappy so that she would leave. Both players left the club at the end of their contracts: Diallo in 2022 and Hamraoui in 2023.