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Aminata Diallo, a French soccer player for Paris Saint-Germain, has been arrested in connection with the attack of a teammate, the soccer club said ina statementissued Wednesday.
In the statement — translated from French to English — Paris Saint-Germain said the team “strongly condemns the violence committed.”
Though Paris Saint-Germain did not name the player,ESPN reportedthat the teammate attacked was Kheira Hamraoui, 31. Sources told the outlet that Hamraoui was riding in Diallo’s car with other teammates after leaving a team dinner in Paris last week. When the car was in front of Diallo’s home, two masked men dragged Hamraoui out of the car and began hitting her legs with iron bars.
French outletL’Equipeshared similar details of the assault, noting it lasted several minutes before the attackers escaped.
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Sources told ESPN that Hamraoui was taken to the hospital following the attack where she received stitches. Luckily, the outlet reported, sources said the injuries were not career-threatening.
Hamraoui, however, was unable to play in Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League game against Real Madrid on Tuesday, which the team won 4-0.NBC Newsreported that Diallo replaced Hamraoui in the game before her arrest Wednesday morning.
ESPN noted that both athletes play the same position — defensive midfielders — and compete for spots both on Paris Saint-Germain, and the French women’s national team.
The team did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on behalf of the players, though it was late evening in France when contacted.
The incident has, of course, sparked comparisons to the infamous attack on American figure skater Nancy Kerrigan in 1994. A man later identified as Shane Stant struck Kerrigan in the knee with a baton after she walked off the ice in January of that year during practice for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
source: people.com
