(AFP) Bundesliga club Mainz sacked footballer Anwar El Ghazi on Friday, hours after German prosecutors opened an investigation over his social media posts on the Israel-Hamas war.
Mainz tweeted they were “ending the contractual relationship with Anwar El Ghazi and terminated the player with immediate effect.”
Mainz also clarified in a statement that they were “taking this action in response to the player’s statements and posts on social media.”
Earlier on Friday, German prosecutors said the Dutch footballer is suspected of “disturbing public peace by condoning criminal acts in conjunction with incitement to hatred” through his message on Instagram.
