DR ‹ › The Rabat Court of First Instance held on Thursday the first hearing in the trial of 18 Senegalese supporters and one Algerian supporter in connection with incidents that occurred during the Africa Cup of Nations final hosted by Morocco. The Senegalese defendants face charges including involvement in violence during a sporting event, forcibly entering the pitch, damaging sports facilities, assaulting public officials, and deliberately throwing solid objects that caused injury to others during the match. The Algerian supporter is being prosecuted on charges of involvement in sports-related violence, damaging sports facilities, assaulting public officials, and deliberately throwing liquid substances that caused harm to others during the sporting event. The trial of the defendants, who are being held in pretrial detention at Al Arjat Prison, has been adjourned to January 29.
