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UK: Pakistani national Abdul Wahab sentenced to life imprisonment after he admits torturing and killing his 5-year-old stepdaughter

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UK: Pakistani national Abdul Wahab sentenced to life imprisonment after he admits torturing and killing his 5-year-old stepdaughter

On January 19 (Thursday), a Pakistani national named Abdul Wahab was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Belfast Crown Court in the United Kingdom after he admitted to torturing and murdering his 5-year-old stepdaughter.

The 5-year-old, Nadia Zofia Kalinowska was found dead at the family home at Fernagh Drive in Newtownabbey in December 2019.

Her mother, Aleksandra Wahab, 28, and the child’s stepfather, Abdul Wahab, 34, were charged with murder on Wednesday at Belfast Crown Court.

On Thursday, when the case was resumed, Abdul Wahab pleaded guilty to murder. The judge, Justice O’Hara, sentenced Wahab to life imprisonment and charged him with two counts of severe bodily harm with intent. A minimum period before he can be released will be determined at a later date, the court ruled.

According to reports, the accused had brutally assaulted the 5-year-old on two occasions. Once, sometime between July 1 and December 14, 2019, and the second time merely 24 hours before she died.

Nadia Zofia Kalinowska was pronounced dead at the Royal Victoria Hospital for Sick Children in the early hours of December 15, 2019

An autopsy examination revealed that Nadia died as a result of a fractured skull and lacerated liver. The examination further revealed several pre-existing injuries, indicating the five-year-old girl had been exposed to a long-running abuse campaign.

Her ribs had been fractured and re-fractured. She also suffered fractures to her collarbone, pelvis and bowel injuries.

Pathologists said they identified 70 surface injuries, including cuts and bruises, on the youngster’s body. The injuries were reported as being comparable to those found on car crash victims.

Nadia’s mother Aleksandra Wahab has been charged with negligence and allowing the long-term abuse of the child.

The post-mortem report led the Crown to believe that Nadia had been subjected to a campaign of physical abuse by her parents, which resulted in her death.

Pakistani woman Iqra romances UP’s Mulayam Singh Yadav through online Ludo game, comes to India via Nepal, gets arrested in Bengaluru

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Pakistani woman Iqra romances UP’s Mulayam Singh Yadav through online Ludo game, comes to India via Nepal, gets arrested in Bengaluru

The Bengaluru police said on Monday that they had detained a 19-year-old Pakistani woman who entered India illegally to marry her boyfriend and later forged her identity to live in the city.

The woman has been identified as Iqra Jeewani, a resident of Hyderabad city in Pakistan’s Sindh province. The man has been identified as Mulayam Singh Yadav, a native of Uttar Pradesh who was working as a security guard in Bengaluru. The duo met through a gaming app.

After the arrest, the Pakistani national was handed over to the FRRO (Foreigners Regional Registration Office). She was later sent to a state home for women.

The duo had reportedly come in contact with each other through an online game.

The security guard had called her to Nepal a few months ago. She entered India through the porous India-Nepal border. The couple got married in Nepal and then crossed into India to reach Birgunj in Bihar and from there, reached Patna.

Yadav and Iqra later came to Bengaluru and settled in a rented house in Junnasandra, where Yadav began working as a security guard in September 2022.

Mulayam Singh Yadav secured an Aadhaar card for Iqra after changing her name to Rava Yadav and also applied for an Indian passport.

Iqra came under the surveillance of central intelligence agencies while attempting to contact her family in Pakistan. The central authorities notified Karnataka intelligence. Based on the information, authorities searched the house and arrested the couple.

Deputy commissioner of police, Whitefield, S Girish stated, “the man used to work as a security guard at a private firm and used to play Ludo online. Last year, he came in contact with a minor girl. Recently, he asked his Pakistani girlfriend to come to Bengaluru so they could get married. They made a plan to bring her over to India through Nepal in September 2022.”

The couple was living in the labourer quarters at Bellandur police station limits. “She has been handed over to the FRRO (Foreigners Regional Registration Office) and a case is filed against the man. He has been arrested,” the DCP added.

Police, meanwhile, booked Mulam Singh Yadav under Sections 420 (cheating), 468 (forgery) 495 (concealing marriage) and 471 (forging documents) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Additionally, the police also charged Govinda Reddy, the owner of the accommodation where the couple were staying, under Section 7 of the Foreigners Act, 1946, for failing to inform the police of a foreigner staying on the premises.

According to sources, further investigations are being conducted to see whether the Pakistani was involved in any espionage activity.

China: Over 12,000 Covid patients have died in one week, 80% of the population has been affected, says govt

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China: Over 12,000 Covid patients have died in one week, 80% of the population has been affected, says govt

 Chinese health authorities have said that more than 12,000 hospitalized people infected with COVID-19 died in seven days through Thursday, NHK World-Japan reported.

The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday that 12,658 patients had died in medical institutions between January 13 and 19. According to officials, 681 people died of respiratory failure and 11,977 others died of complications, according to NHK World-Japan report.

It is the first time that the Chinese government has updated official death counts in seven days. Meanwhile, Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist of China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention has claimed that about 80 per cent of China’s population has been infected with COVID-19, which is nearly eight in 10 people, CNN reported.

Wu Zunyou has claimed that the present “wave of the epidemic has already infected about 80 per cent of the people” in the country of 1.4 billion population.

Wu Zunyou’s claim comes amid concerns that the travel rush that takes place around the Lunar New Year holiday time could spread the virus to the countryside and lead to a second wave of infections.

Speaking on his personal social media account, Wu claimed that the scenario was unlikely as many people in China have already been infected with COVID-19. Wu claimed that the possibility of a large-scale COVID-19 rebound is very small in China, as per the news report.

“In the next two to three months, the possibility of a large-scale Covid-19 rebound or a second wave of infections across the country is very small,” CNN quoted Wu Zunyou as saying.

More than 26 million passenger trips were taken on the eve of the Lunar New Year, CNN reported citing Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported. Over 4.1 million people travelled by train and 756,000 people travelled by air for holiday reunions on the day prior to the start of the Lunar New Year, as per the news report.

Nearly 60,000 people infected with COVID-19 died in Chinese hospitals between December 8 and January 12 after Beijing abruptly ended its “zero-Covid” policy, CNN reported citing government data. Notably, China adhered to stringent lockdowns, travel restrictions and mass testing to control the spread of COVID-19.

(This news report is published from a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has not been written or edited by OpIndia staff)

Jairam Ramesh stops Digvijay Singh from saying more senseless things on Pulwama attack, pushes away journalist

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Jairam Ramesh stops Digvijay Singh from saying more senseless things on Pulwama attack, pushes away journalist

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday stopped former Madhya Pradesh CM and fellow party leader Digvijaya Singh from making further damaging remarks after a reporter sought clarification over his remarks questioning the authenticity of Surgical strikes conducted by the Indian Army.

In his bid to stop Digvijaya Singh from giving an explanation, Ramesh pushed away the Aaj Tak journalist speaking to the former Madhya Pradesh CM.

As seen in the video embedded above, no sooner does the journalist seek explanation over his contentious remarks on surgical strikes and Pulwama attack, Jairam Ramesh, who was walking behind Digvijaya Singh, quickly lunges forward and shoves the mic held by the journalist down. Although, Singh could be heard defending his statements. 

Senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh CM on Monday courted controversy after he questioned the authenticity of surgical strikes carried out by the Indian Armed Forces across the Line of Control. 

“They(Centre) keep harping on surgical strikes. They talk about how many were killed in surgical strikes but there is no proof of it,” Singh said at a public rally in Jammu and Kashmir.

Singh said the Centre hasn’t placed a report on the 2016 surgical strike or the 2019 Pulwama terror attack before Parliament till date.

Ironically, Singh made the comment on the day when the country is celebrating Parakram Diwas, the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Netaji Subash Chandra Bose. The comments came during the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra’s Jammu leg.

In February 2019, forty CRPF personnel were killed in a terrorist attack carried out by the Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad, following which the Indian Armed Forces carried out an airstrike on Balakot to annihilate a JeM terror camp on February 26.

Twitter takes no action against Turkish author Ramazan İzol despite his open call for murder over alleged ‘blasphemy’

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Twitter takes no action against Turkish author Ramazan İzol despite his open call for murder over alleged ‘blasphemy’

On Saturday (January 21), a Turkish author by the name of Ramazan İzol openly called for the killing of a Danish-Swedish politician named Rasmus Paludan for committing ‘blasphemy’ by burning Quran.

Paludan had burnt a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in the Swedish capital Stockholm, to protest against Islam and Turkish President Erdogan’s attempt to influence freedom of expression in Sweden.

Angered by his action, Ramazan İzol vowed to kill him on the micro-blogging platform. He wrote (archive), “A bastard burned the Quran today in Sweden, why are you silent as Muslims? If I catch this rascal who burned the Quran, I will burn him alive.”

Screengrab of the tweet by Ramazan İzol

At the time of writing, the disturbing tweet was viewed over 13 lakh times. Moreover, it was retweeted over 3400 times and garnered 5,471 likes. Ramazan İzol boasts of a whopping 5.11 lakh followers on the micro-blogging platform.

Although it has been two days since the Ankara-based author posted the threatening tweet, the Twitter moderation team did not take any action against Ramazan İzol.

Twitter has a crystal-clear policy against violent threats

Inaction against İzol is very surprising since the tweet openly violates the micro-blogging site’s violent threats policy. The policy dated March 2019 states –

“You may not threaten violence against an individual or a group of people. We also prohibit the glorification of violence. Healthy conversation is only possible when people feel safe from abuse and don’t resort to using violent language. For this reason, we have a policy against threatening violence on Twitter. We define violent threats as statements of an intent to kill or inflict serious physical harm on a specific person or group of people.“

Ramazan İzol tries to skirt Twitter policy

Amidst growing demands of netizens to de-platform the Turkish author for openly vying for the blood of Rasmus Paludan, Ramazan İzol has voiced his fear of an impending suspension.

Screengrab of the tweet by Ramazan İzol

“My account is at risk because I shared about the dishonest person who burned our Quran. This is why I ask you to follow my @ramazanizoll account where I opened all my brothers as a backup,” he announced on Sunday (January 22).

So far, Twitter has turned a blind eye to the hateful rhetoric from his account, so it is unlikely that he will need to use his “backup” account.

Update: The Twitter account of the user who threatened to kill the person who allegedly burned the Quran in Sweden is suspended. His ‘backup’ account, too, is now suspended.

Supreme court directs ‘absconding’ Maulvi Mahmood, accused of deceptively converting 37 Hindu families, to appear before Investigating Officer

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Supreme court directs ‘absconding’ Maulvi Mahmood, accused of deceptively converting 37 Hindu families, to appear before Investigating Officer

On January 13 this year, the Supreme Court directed an ‘absconding’ Maulvi named Varyava Abdul Vahab Mahmood to appear before the Investigation Officer in a case pertaining to the deceptive conversion of 37 Hindu families to Islam.

Mahmood, along with 5 others, had lured the victims by gifting them air coolers, water coolers, lories, chatai (carpet) to perform Namaz, dresses, medicines, ration, and cash. The matter came up for hearing before a 2-Judge Bench of Justices M. R. Shah and C. T. Ravikumar.

The apex court noted, “Learned counsel appearing for the State of Gujarat (respondent) has made a very serious grievance that the petitioner (Varyava Abdul Vahab Mahmood), after obtaining the interim protection from this Court and even prior thereto, is absconding and not cooperating in the investigation and has never appeared before the concerned Investigating Agency/Officer.”

The Judges directed the absconding Mahmood to appear, before the Investigating Officer at the Aamod Police Station in Bharuch, every day between January 16 and January 20 at 11 o’clock in the morning and assist in the ongoing investigation.

“Before we consider the allegations and the counter allegations against the petitioner and the material collected, let the petitioner first appear before the concerned Investigating Agency/ Officer – Aamod Police Station, Bharuch between 16.01.2023 to 20.01.2023 at 11.00 A.M. every day for the purpose of interrogation/investigation,” they added.

The Court pointed out that the merits of the case will only be taken into consideration after the petitioner complies with the court’s directions.

The Conversion racket led by Varyava Abdul Vahab Mahmood

On November 15, 2021, a man named Pravinbhai Vasantbhai Vasava (converted to Salman Vasant Patel) filed a complaint with the Aamod police in Bharuch city against two people, namely, Shabbirbhai Bakerywala and Samadbhai Bakerywala.

He had accused the duo of converting him to Islam in 2018 and forcibly changing his name on the Aadhar card. Pravinbhai pointed out that the duo also converted another man named Ajitbhai Vasava to Islam by providing him with financial assistance about 15 years ago. On conversion, Ajitbhai adopted the name ‘Abdul Aziz Patel.’

The trio then converted two others, namely, Mahendra Vasava (who became Yusuf) and Raman Vasava (who became Aiyub) in exchange of money. A First Information Report (FIR) was registered against them under the Indian Penal Code Sections 120B, 153(B)(1)(c), 506(2), and Section 4 of the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2003.

As per the FIR, the 5 accused, along with an Islamic preacher named Varyava Abdul Vahab Mahmood converted a total of 37 Hindu families and 100 Hindus by providing them with monetary support. They also converted a house, built with government funds, into an Ibadatgaah (Islamic place of worship).

When Pravinbhai expressed his desire to return to Hinduism, he was threatened with dire consequences on October 26, 2021. Forced by circumstances and an immediate sense of danger, he had filed a case against the accused.

“Subsequently, the Investigating Officer filed a report seeking to add Sections 466, 467, 468, and 471 of the IPC and Section 3(2)(5-A) of the Atrocities Act…Subsequently, on 16.12.2021, the offences under Section 4A of the Freedom of Religion Act and 84C of the Information Technology Act, 2002 are added in the FIR,” the court order had noted.

“The Investigating Officer filed his affidavit dated 24.12.2021, inter alia, declaring that the appellant had facilitated financial assistance to the convertees and given religious sermons/takrirs demeaning Hindu religion,” it further added.

Accused Yusuf, Aiyub, and others also created a Whatsapp group where they spewed vitriolic content against the Hindu community through videos, speeches, and chats.

Witnesses testified that Islamic preacher Varyava Abdul Vahab Mahmood had tried to lure people to Islam by providing them gifts.

On December 28, 2021, a Special court rejected the anticipatory bail application of Varyava Abdul Vahab Mahmood, following which he moved to the High Court seeking relief. However, his petition was dismissed by the High Court on April 4, 2022, based on prima-facie details of the case.

Read how Indian Army worked on war footing to rescue 172 workers stranded in a tunnel after an avalanche hit Sonamarg

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Read how Indian Army worked on war footing to rescue 172 workers stranded in a tunnel after an avalanche hit Sonamarg

On January 15, Indian Army carried out a rescue operation and saved 172 workers of Megha Engineering and Industry Limited near Sarbal Village in Sonamarg, district Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir. The workers were stuck after a strong avalanche struck the company’s workshop area. These workers were involved in the construction of the Zojila Tunnel.

The project has been postponed for a couple of weeks owing to harsh weather conditions. Reports suggest two avalanches hit the area, and the second one was strong enough to trap the workers.

A Twitter user Bharat Gopu shared a Twitter thread explaining how the rescue operation was carried out. He wrote that around 5:40 PM, a sudden avalanche took place, and 172 workers got trapped in the workshop. They lost contact with the outer world, and because of the natural disaster, there was no way out.

The project engineer immediately contacted the Indian Army considering the seriousness of the situation. Without losing any time, the Indian Army swung into action and dispatched a team of trained soldiers from the Gund camp to initiate the rescue operation.

Upon reaching the spot, they started the operation and soon enough, all 172 workers were spotted. By the time of sunrise on January 15, the Assam Rifles Regiment of the Indian Army started a war-level mission to rescue the workers.

Bharat noted that the Indian Army sent special commandos, trained dogs and special machinery for the rescue operation. A medical team was also stationed by the Army to address the health issues of the trapped workers. All 172 workers were rescued without a single causality.

Defence PRO said, “On getting the distress call, a rescue team was immediately mobilised from Army Camp Gund that negotiated the snow-covered route and reached the site the same night, providing the needed reassurance to the stranded workers and MEIL authorities.”

He added, “After deliberate efforts, the team was able to rescue all the 172 workers stranded in the avalanche to safety. Immediate medical assistance was administered to the injured by the Medical Officer of Assam Rifles Battalion at the site.”

Earlier, two workers had lost their lives in an avalanche that hit Sonmarg on Thursday.

1,100 people relocated from avalanche-prone areas

As per the WION report, 1,100 people have been relocated from avalanche-prone areas. The General Manager of NHIDCL said, “There were around 1,100 people located there in those areas. Normally we stop all external work during December. No external work was going on, only tunnel work was going on; we had 1,100 people out of those 300 people who were directly involved in tunnel work, out of which 800 were just located there, they were not doing any work. After the occurrence of these avalanches, 800 were sent to their respective homes, and 300 people were still there who were involved in tunnel work, after the occurrence of the second avalanche, which took place on Saturday, we sent home 172 people.”

He further said that last year no avalanche took place, and the teams continued work without any hindrance. However, this year four avalanches happened, and one of them was severe. He said, “We have got the direction from the administration to suspend the work for the time being till the situation improves. At least work is suspended for the next two weeks, we are planning to call the experts who can predict the snow avalanches during the end of January. We will take their advice, and then we will resume work. We have all the precautions to start the work.”

Once the weather conditions get favourable, the work at the tunnel will be resumed.

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh casts aspersions on Indian Army’s surgical strikes across LoC, says there is no proof of it

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Congress leader Digvijaya Singh casts aspersions on Indian Army’s surgical strikes across LoC, says there is no proof of it

Senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh CM on Monday courted controversy after he questioned the authenticity of surgical strikes carried out by the Indian Armed Forces across the Line of Control.

“They(Centre) keep harping on surgical strikes. They talk about how many were killed in surgical strikes but there is no proof of it,” Singh said at a public rally in Jammu and Kashmir.

Singh said the Centre hasn’t placed a report on the 2016 surgical strike or the 2019 Pulwama terror attack before Parliament till date.

Ironically, Singh made the comment on the day when the country is celebrating Parakram Diwas, the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Netaji Subash Chandra Bose.

PM Modi names 21 unnamed Andaman islands after Param Vir Chakra recipients

Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi named the 21 largest unnamed islands of Andaman and Nicobar Islands after Param Vir Chakra awardees in a ceremony on the occasion of Parakram Diwas.

PM Modi also unveiled the model of the National Memorial dedicated to Netaji to be built on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep, earlier known as Ross Islands. Union Home Minister Amit Shah was also present at the ceremony in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The largest unnamed island was named after the first Param Vir Chakra awardee, Major Somnath Sharma, who lost his life in action on November 3, 1947, while repulsing Pakistani infiltrators near Srinagar Airport.

Agar films nahi hongi to entertainment kaise hoga: Kareena Kapoor Khan explains why ‘Boycott Bollywood’ trend won’t work

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Agar films nahi hongi to entertainment kaise hoga: Kareena Kapoor Khan explains why ‘Boycott Bollywood’ trend won’t work

Bollywood actor Kareena Kapoor has chimed in on the ‘Boycott Bollywood’ campaign that has been repeatedly trending online. Speaking at the Indian Chamber of Commerce-Young Leaders Forum event in Kolkata on Sunday, the actor said that she does not agree with the emerging trend of calling for a boycott of movies and ‘cancel culture’ because it would take away the ‘joy and happiness’ from one’s life.

Notably, the trend originally gained traction following the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June 2020, sparking debate about the industry’s nepotism and major production houses’ gate-keeping mentality. This ‘boycott Bollywood trend’ affected Kareena Kapoor and Aamir Khan’s ‘Laal Singh Singh Chaddha,’ Akshay Kumar’s ‘Raksha Bandhan,’ and Ranbir Kapoor-Alia Bhatt’s ‘Brahmastra’ in recent months.

The latest film facing this boycott trend is Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Pathaan’ over the film’s song, Besharam Rang. Kareena Kapoor’s remarks came amid calls for a boycott of this upcoming release.

The actor, who believes that watching Bollywood movies is the only way a person can find joy in life, said, “I don’t agree with it (the boycott trend) at all. If that (boycott of films) happens, how will we entertain, how will you have the joy and happiness in your life, which, I think everybody needs and which cinema and films are promising, which we have always done, which films have always done. Agar films nahi hogi toh entertainment kaisa hoga (what about entertainment if there are no films)?” the Laal Singh Chadda actor said.

This is not the first time Kareena Kapoor had addressed the boycott trend in Bollywood. Prior to this, when the movie Laal Singh Chaddha, in which she starred opposite Aamir Khan, was released, she had urged people not to boycott the film.

“But the fact is that they shouldn’t boycott this film, it’s such a beautiful film. And I want people to see me and Aamir on screen. It’s been three years, we’ve waited so long. So, please don’t boycott this film, because it’s actually like boycotting good cinema. And people have worked so hard on it; we’ve had 250 people work on this film for two-and-a-half years,” Kareena Kapoor Khan said at the time.

It is notable that these remarks from Kareena Kapoor come after the utterly disappointing opening of Laal Singh Chaddha amidst widespread calls to boycott the movie. Several social media users pointed out the U-turn taken by Kareena Kapoor Khan, referring to the remarks she made in 2020 saying that people who don’t want to watch films should not watch as nobody is trying to convince them. 

Back in 2020, Kareena Kapoor stated during the nepotism debate that it is the people who have made them stars and that nobody is forcing people to go and watch movies. She had said, “The audience has made us, no one else has made us. The same people pointing fingers are the ones who have made these nepotistic stars right? Aap jaa rahe ho na Film dekhne? Mat jao. Nobody has forced you. So I don’t understand it. I find this whole discussion is completely weird.”

Watch: Topless female ‘activists’ wearing shorts soaked in red ink at the crotch disrupt the annual anti-abortion demonstrations in Paris

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Watch: Topless female ‘activists’ wearing shorts soaked in red ink at the crotch disrupt the annual anti-abortion demonstrations in Paris

On Sunday, activists from the feminist group FEMEN disrupted a demonstration against abortion and euthanasia in Paris, before being taken into police custody.

FEMEN activists, who were bare-chested and had white shorts with red ink on the groin, attempted to disrupt the demonstration with slogans of “Abortion is sacred, march for whose life?” before being apprehended by the police.

On January 22, a large crowd consisting of thousands of individuals marched against abortion and euthanasia in Paris, with police estimating the number at 6,300 and the organizers claiming it to be around 20,000 participants. Participants gathered at Gare Montparnasse from 14:00 before marching to Place Vauban for a final rally until 5:30 pm in the evening.

However, the demonstrations were disrupted by a group of 5 female ‘activists’ from FEMEN, who ran topless and were wearing white shorts with red ink on the groin area to register their opposition to the anti-abortion rally.

Videos of the bare-chested activists running amok and trying to disrupt the rally have gone viral on social media. In the videos, five topless women wearing white shorts with red ink around the crotch are seen running wild on the streets of Paris, even as police officials and law enforcement authorities try to stop them.

The “activists” were apprehended by the police and detained. They were subsequently released after spending 7 hours in police custody. Out of the group, 2 are prohibited from entering the 7th arrondissement for 3 months and will be required to appear in court in June. The remaining 3 individuals were not charged with any crimes.

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