families demand “answers” and “criminals” – Libération

2024-08-27 18:50:05

The family of the international soccer player Medhi Narjissi, who disappeared off the coast of South Africa on August 7, held a press conference this Thursday, August 27 after being heard at the Agen (Lot-et-Garonne) police station. The parents of the 17-year-old player, “destroyed” and “destroyed”, became civil unions.

The family of the young international footballer Medhi Narjissi, who disappeared off the coast of South Africa on August 7, asked this Tuesday, August 27. “response” etc “sinners”he said he hopes the investigation will shed light on this tragedy. After being heard on Tuesday afternoon at the Agen police station (Lot-et-Garonne), the parents of the 17-year-old actress, Jalil and Valérie, with their daughter Inès, spoke to the press with great enthusiasm. he said to himself “destroy” etc “corruption”. They became civil unions, according to their lawyer Me Édouard Martial.

This conference was organized three weeks after the loss of their son during the trip by the French U18 team to South Africa organized by the French Rugby Federation (FFR). The Stade Toulouse player, who trains in Agen, was swept away by strong currents while taking part in a recovery session on Dias Beach, near the Cape of Good Hope. A colleague tried in vain to help him.

“It’s not an accident, he’s angry. They are playing with our children’s lives,” accused Jalil Narjissi, Medhi’s father, a former professional rugby playerL. “It is one of the most dangerous beaches in South Africa with big waveshe argued again. It is marked everywhere that this beach is dangerous. “ “He was the physical coach of the French team who decided to take them there. don’t understand”he said again, after the family went there and had access to the first statement from the management of the French team collected by South African researchers. Jalil Narjissi castigates management “disaster” Or “No adult answered” when Medhi was taken away.

“We entrust our little children to them, we trust them. […] We want answers, we want culprits”said Medhi Narjissi’s mother, very honored. Last week, the family lawyer contacted the public prosecutor’s office of Agen with the intention of accepting the opening of a procedure to “investigate the causes of the loss”. “The director of FFR (Florian Grill), I spoke to him once by telephone”mourned Jalil Narjissi. “We would have liked to see him with us in South Africa. He traveled for other matters (like the French XV rugby players taken in Argentina, Editor’s note) but for the memory of our son, he did not travel.