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Aminata Diallo: Footballer charged over assault of former teammate Kheira Hamraoui

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French female footballer Aminata Diallo has been charged over an attack on her former teammate Kheira Hamraoui.Prosecutors indicted Diallo on Friday with "aggravated violence" and "criminal association" and placed her in pre-trial custody.The 27-year-old was initially arrested as part of the investigation last November, before being released.

Diallo has always strongly denied any involvement.Four men -- aged between 18 and 23 -- have also been arrested over the attack on Hamraoui, which sent shockwaves across France and over shadowed the 2021-22 season.

They were also charged with "criminal association" and "aggravated violence".Hamraoui was travelling home from a PSG team dinner with teammate Diallo on 4 November 2021 in Chatou in the Yvelines.The pair were suddenly attacked by masked men with iron bars.

Hamraoui was beaten, sustaining injuries to her legs, and was taken to hospital for stitches."I was ambushed. These people were waiting for me behind a truck.

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