Elohim Prandi, French international player and PSG handball, is in hospital this Saturday after being assaulted in Paris on New Year’s Eve. The scene, violent, took place in the streets of the 8th arrondissement of the capital. 23-year-old Prandi was stabbed several times. His condition no longer worries caregivers this Saturday evening, specifies PSG. Various people were present during the attack. Witnesses who will be heard in the coming hours by the police. The investigation will be carried out by the 8th arrondissement police station.
“Elohim Prandi was the victim of a violent assault last night in Paris and suffered several stab wounds,” writes the capital club in a statement. The player is currently under observation at the hospital and his condition does not give cause for concern. The Paris Police Prefecture is seized of the investigation. The club expresses its indignation in the face of this aggression and gives its full support to Elohim Prandi as well as to his relatives to get through this ordeal ”.
Called to participate in the preparation of the World Handball Championship (January 13 to 30) in Hungary and Slovakia, Elohim Prandi has already been withdrawn from the competition. The French Federation and coach Guillaume Gille will announce the identity of his replacement this Sunday. On social networks, the FFH has given “all its support” to the international player. The left-back with 10 selections announced himself as a basic man of the France team even if he could not join the first preparation module from December 26 to 30 due to a positive test for Covid- 19.
If he did not participate in the Tokyo Olympics, Elohim Prandi had been retained in the pre-list before being excluded for the benefit of players who played in the qualifying tournament, which he had missed due to injury. His package for the Euro is added to those of Timothey N’Guessan, Nedim Remili and Luka Karabatic, all three injured. The France team should recover the star Nikola Karabatic, affected by the coronavirus, for the preparation match against Egypt, on January 7 in Chambéry.