Just before January 1, 2025, the Algerian influencer with the pseudonym “zazouyoucef” (on social networks) called for murder against opponents of the Algerian regime who decided to demonstrate on this first day of the year. His comments provoked strong reactions on the Web.
Internet user “zazouyoucef” made extremely virulent statements on TikTok, calling on his subscribers to commit murder and rape in the capital, on January 1, 2025, against anyone who demonstrates against the Algerian regime. This influencer would likely be followed by more than 400,000 subscribers on this social network, as mentioned on his account
“We’re going to finish you off!” »
“We're going to do you like in the 90s, we're going to shoot you, we're going to rape you,” the influencer began in his video, before continuing: “You want to go out on January 1st? Or ? Shoot them, we have to make the powder speak. President Tebboune, those who go out to Paris want chaos. We will take care of them. »
The man, who claims to live in Brest (Finistère), also called for murder on “those who go out to Algeria”. “Shoot them too, I give you the right. Shoot them, even if it’s my brother, shoot him, they are paid by France, the country in which I live,” he declared, advancing: “We will bury them with the Jews. » Claiming that the Algerian authorities know him, he urged people to “use weapons” on January 1st.
On X, the Judged Guilty account relayed this sequence. Chawki Benzhera, an Algerian activist who took refuge in France, did the same, also denouncing on his X account a second video in which zazouyoucef makes similar remarks.
“We are at war. At the slightest misstep, we will ruin your mothers. Come face us. Get out of your rat nests,” said the Algerian influencer from Brest, while emphasizing how “Allah is great”. “They say, 'Zazou called to shoot them.' Yes, I said it well. Shoot them! » We also hear another man say in this same video: “We are going to finish you off!” »
A “hybrid war” led “by the Algerian regime on French soil”
Chawki Benzhera, who usually “avoids” interfering “in French internal affairs” given that he is a refugee, however reacted to these virulent comments, calling on X the Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau so that he takes “the necessary urgent measures before disasters occur”. He indicated that a “hybrid war” was being waged “by the Algerian regime on French soil with this type of individuals”.
What greatly worries Chawki Benzhera are the reactions of many Internet users. “The most shocking thing is that thousands of comments from people living in France support him and there are even some who volunteer to help him,” raised the Algerian activist, mentioning the fact that the influencer was miming a throat-slitting gesture in his video.
Many Internet users have commented on these hateful videos, some calling on the police to react, others asking the social network to suspend the account of the influencer in question, and still others calling for expulsion from French soil. of the latter.
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