More than 90 arrested Croatian football fans were led in handcuffs to appear before an investigative magistrate in Greece for their alleged involvement in deadly football fan violence
Football fans, most of them from Croatia, cover their faces while leaving the Athens Police Headquarters in Athens, as they are being detained as part of the inquiry on the death of a Greek fan during violent clashes on August 9, 2023. / Photo: AFP
The youths – many with their shirts pulled over their heads to hide their identity – appeared in court a day after a 29-year-old Greek fan was stabbed to death outside AEK Athens’ stadium, prompting the cancellation of a Champions League qualifier against Dinamo Zagreb. Police in Greece earlier arrested six Croatian nationals as they attempted to flee the country. Five of the suspects were detained in the northwestern port of Igoumenitsa as they prepared to board a ferry bound for Italy, while the sixth was arrested on a bus bound for Albania. police said.
“ no place for violence and hooliganism in European football,” he wrote in an online post, adding that he had contacted the head of European football's governing body, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin, to discuss the incident.
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