An influencer who joked in a post on a social network about the death of an Israeli baby, in connection with the Hamas attack in Israel, was arrested Thursday morning and placed in police custody, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. requested by AFP. The young woman was placed in police custody for advocating terrorism, according to the same source.
In a publication posted online last week, the influencer was ironic about the seasoning and accompaniment of a baby who would have been put in an oven by Hamas, referring to a “leg of a baby”. An Israeli rescuer said a baby was placed in an oven by Hamas members during the October 7 attack, but Israeli authorities have not confirmed this version.
Gérald Darmanin announced last Friday that he had taken legal action after the influencer’s post. The investigation was entrusted to the Criminal Brigade of the Paris judicial police.