PSG participant Hamraoui opens up about struggling horrible assault

Paris Saint-Germain participant Kheira Hamraoui revealed photographs of her accidents from the brutal assault that left her fearing for her profession, saying Saturday she continues to be haunted by it “night and day” and that she endured horrid abuse on-line afterward.

Hamraoui was attacked final November following a night out together with her former PSG teammate Aminata Diallo and different teammates. Hamraoui was hit a number of occasions with a metallic bar and wanted stitches to her arms and legs.

“I will never forget that night of Nov. 4, 2021. It haunts me night and day. That dark night changed my personal and professional life, my life as a woman and as a footballer player,” Hamraoui wrote on Twitter. “That sad night when I thought I was going to die when two hooded men forced me to get out of the car. They pummeled me with iron bars, essentially aiming for my lower body.”

The 32-year-old midfielder, who has performed 39 occasions for France, posted photographs of the accidents: a grotesque gash to the again of her proper thigh and deep bruising round her left thigh and knee.

“Their objective was simple that night: to violently take my work tool by breaking my legs and ending my career,” Hamraoui continued, including that horrible verbal abuse then started and left her in a state of perpetual nervousness.

“For long months after the assault, I was unfairly insulted on the (soccer) pitches, harassed on social networks and had my life threatened. Nevertheless, I held on with all my strength to my passion (of soccer) and to stay professional,” she stated. “Today I trust in the justice system for the truth to all come out and for my honor to be saved.” Diallo was issued preliminary expenses of “aggravated violence” and positioned in custody in reference to the assault, French justice officers stated on Friday.

It was the second time Diallo was arrested as a part of an investigation into the assault final yr on Hamraoui. Diallo was taken into custody in November and launched with out expenses. Diallo’s questioning by police got here after 4 males had been arrested this week in reference to the assault.

Diallo was arrested on Friday morning and accused by the quartet of getting arrange the assault on her teammate in a bid to take her spot within the PSG staff, the Versailles prosecutor’s workplace stated in an announcement. Diallo has been with out a membership since her contract with PSG expired on the finish of final season.