BFC Dynamo (Berliner Fußballclub Dynamo) is in mourning. The young Berlin football player, who died on Tuesday May 31 from his injuries, was a former member of the club. On Sunday May 28, near Frankfurt, the teenager and his current team, JFC Berlin, had just faced the Messins of the FC Metz Performance Program in the semi-finals of the Germany Cup, an international football tournament reserved for the youth categories. Around 4 p.m., during the final whistle, a fight between players from both sides broke out on the lawn. Seriously injured, Paul, 15, had been transported to the nearest hospital, in an intensive care unit. In the evening, the news that he was brain dead was made public. His death was announced on Wednesday May 31.
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In the aftermath of the tragedy, BFC Dynamo paid tribute to its former player, “snatched from life much too soon”. “Paul […] was an extraordinary young man. He embodied the spirit of BFC with every fiber of his heart and soul,” read the press release from the club, which opened an online fundraiser for the young man’s family.
The 16-year-old Metz player is still in pre-trial detention in a juvenile prison in the Land of Hesse while the Frankfurt prosecutor’s office conducts its investigation. “Only when these have been completed, and the prosecution has come to the conclusion that there are sufficient suspicions, will charges be brought before the court,” said chief prosecutor Nadja Niesen. .
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If the investigation is ongoing, versions are nevertheless beginning to clash. According to some, the victim was the subject of a beating in the rules. But according to the defense of Messin, provided by the German lawyer, Me Seyed Sharam Iranbomy, the French player acted in a state of “self-defense”. Also according to this lawyer, the respondent is in a state of shock and has apologized and condolences to the victim’s family.
Members of the racist and Islamophobic extreme right in Germany and France immediately seized on the case, pointing to the origins of the teenager and the fact that he said he was of Muslim faith during an appearance before a magistrate. . An alleged photo of the Metz junior team is circulating via their networks but it has not been authenticated. The nationality of the teenager, if indeed this element can have any connection with the facts, has not yet been the subject of any official communication.
