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"We ... now need until Thursday next week to be
able to finish the preliminary investigation," Daniel Suneson,
the prosecutor now in charge of the case, said in a statement,
declining to comment further.
The 30-year-old performer, producer and model, whose real name
is Rakim Mayers, was detained on July 3 along with his bodyguard
and two other members of his entourage in connection with a
fight in a Stockholm city-center street in the early hours of
June 30.
The artist has denied the assault accusation.
Before his arrest, he uploaded videos to his Instagram account
of an altercation with two men, saying they had followed him and
his entourage and that he had not wanted any trouble.
The bodyguard was released without charge while a judge on July
5 extended the detention of Mayers and his two other associates.
The performer was in Stockholm for a concert, and has had to
cancel several shows in his European tour.
(Reporting by Helena Soderpalm; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
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