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Police arrests dozens of volleyball fans, among them 27 minors, for weapons possession

Dozens of fans -among them 27 minors- of Panaathinaikos women’s volleyball team were led before a prosecutor after they were found in in possession of weapons ranging from firebombs to axes, shovels and screwdrivers, the Greek police said on Thursday.

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A day earlier, on Wednesday, 57 Panathinaikos fans – 30 adults and 27 minors – were rounded after a number of incidents at two Athens metro stations. The fans were arrested after several weapons were found on them.

In a statement, police said they confiscated firebombs, knives, pocketknives, fire extinguishers, hammers, axes, pickaxes, shovels, iron rods, and screwdrivers, among other objects the fans were carrying..

The incidents they were involved in occurred at train stops of Victorias Square and Nerantziotissa. The PAO’s women’s volley team game faced visiting Czech team Ostrava at the indoor gym of Agios Thomas in the northern suburb of Maroussi. Police believes that the group was heading to the indoor gym.

According to Attica Headquarters of the Hellenic Police (GADA), a large group of people boarded the electric train (ISAP) at Petralona station on Wednesday, heading to Kifissia. Some of them disembarked at Victoria Station and met others there with whom they attacked a Greek man and injured him lightly, while removing fire extinguishers from the station.

They then boarded another train to Kifissia, got off at Nerantziotissa Station where they met the rest of their group, and headed to the indoor gym where the volleyball game was being held.

At the gym they were rounded up by DIAS motorcycle police and taken to the police station, where they were placed under arrest.

A case file was drawn against them for several charges including disturbing the peace, manufacturing and possessing explosives, theft, dangerous interruptions to transportation, and violations of the laws against arms, flashbangs, and amateur and professional games.

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