French police on Friday detained Algerian international Youcef Atal, who plays for Ligue 1 football side Nice, in a probe into suspected "justification of terrorism" after he published a social media post on the Israel-Hamas war, prosecutors said.In mid-October, the Nice public prosecutor announced the opening of an investigation into "justification of terrorism."
Calling for the death of an entire religious group no longer classifies as free speech and goes over to hate speech.