Justice opens an investigation after the publication of a photo of a TFC shirt flocked with the name of Merah
The image caused a wave of indignation. On Saturday, supporters of Toulouse Football Club found a photo a flocked club jersey named after the terrorist mohamed merah and carrying the number 7, the number of victims murdered by the author of the killings of March 2012. If the photo was quickly deleted from social networks, it caused a reaction from the management of the TFC who described this flocking as “abject and ashamed “.
The floor of Toulouse indicated on his side, Sunday, that an investigation was opened. “The apology of terrorism by means of communication to the public online is an offense punishable by seven years of imprisonment”, recalled the services of the public prosecutor of Toulouse, who specify that the investigation “begins”.
The Toulouse Football Club clarified, for its part, that it “reported it as soon as it became aware of it, and affirmed that the said jersey was not processed by the teams of the official Club shops”.