His name is Ibrahim, but he influences thousands of young people with an account that has become his nickname: “
Challenger.67
”.
The young man has been the subject of controversy since this weekend, after filming his entry into the Stade de France during the Liverpool-Real Madrid match on Saturday May 28... And this, a few days after returning from Syria, where he had practiced shooting a Kalashnikov.
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On the video, the man films himself passing the security gates, which seem blocked for all the spectators.
Cyril Hanouna is present, challenged by the influencer, and also tries to enter, while the staff seems overwhelmed.
The entourage of Cyril Hanouna specifies this Monday at
Figaro
that the host has no connection with the young man.
It is not known if "
Challenger
" is fraudulent, like hundreds of spectators.
On the video, he brags about having gained access due to his fame.
The scene seems anecdotal, in the great chaos of the Champions League final.
It is less so when we learn that "
Challenger
" has just returned from a very special trip to Syria, a country that has been a theater of expansion of the Islamic State.
An excursion in which he had also filmed himself firing a Kalashnikov machine gun.
“
How does it shoot?
How does it do?
“, he yells several times, hilarious, before his companions answer in chorus: “
At the Kalashnikov!
".
And to proudly drop several balls, in a disused area.
The man is close to another social media figure, Rayanne B., who also filmed himself in Syria, notably firing a rocket launcher.
The latter had recounted the end of their joint journey by affirming that the Syrian army had arrested them, questioned them at length about these savage shootings outside any legal framework, then that the two young people had been expelled from the country.
Report requested to the Justice
We still do not know at the moment if this course was known to the State when "
Challenger
" quietly entered the Stade de France last Saturday.
According to information communicated to
Le Figaro
, the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin asked the police to make a report to the justice system concerning the young man.
Could he be prosecuted in France for his “tourist” activities in Syria?
Yes, according to lawyer Laurent-Franck Liénard, if an offense is characterized and the prosecution decides.
"
I don't think he went into a pit.
Offenses committed abroad by a Frenchman can be prosecuted in France
,” he confirms to Le
Figaro
.
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Close to another influencer already sentenced
The young man's account is representative of a new generation of "
influencers
" on Snapchat, Instagram or TikTok.
He shows himself as well at the wheel of a sports car in Dubai, as in front of the UEFA Golden Ball... Or even in traditional dress at the entrance to a mosque, to encourage his subscribers to muslim prayer.
His accomplice Rayanne B. made himself known to him by publishing several misdeeds, to distract his approximately 175,000 subscribers.
In October 2021, he was stealing equipment from a fire truck, calling them “
son of p.
», and finally receiving a citizenship course.
He then insulted the Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blanquer, threatening him.
Pursued, he was released for that … Before being finally sentenced, last March, to 105 hours of community service after making fun of a handicapped person.