Tag Archives: hooligans

Dozens of hooligans. among them at least one minor, were arrested in a big police operation during the early hours of Monday. The arrests are part of an effort to crack down on sports violence, prompted by the fatal injury of 31-year-old police officer Giorgos Lyggeridis during football fan riots …

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All 105 soccer fans suspected of being involved in extensive clashes in the Greek capital that ended in the death of a 29-year-old AEK Athens supporter have been ordered to be detained pending their trial, authorities said Sunday. Three examining magistrates and two prosecutors questioned the detained fans in batches …

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“If the Greek authorities were able to detain all 100 through some kind of “artificial detention”, this would contain elements of revenge or attribution of collective responsibility,” Croatian president Zoran Milanovic said with regards the detention of dozens of Croatian hooligans so far, involved in attacks outside the AEK stadium …

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Four felony charges and seven misdemeanor charges were read to each of 104 individuals, all of whom except one appeared before an Athens prosecutor on Wednesday for their involvement in bloody clashes between rival football club supporters in the Athens district of Nea Philadelphia on Monday night. Most of the …

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Seven senior officers in the Greek Police will immediately be removed from their positions following the serious incidents between soccer hooligans in Nea Philadelphia on Monday, in which one person was killed, Citizen Protection Minister Giannis Oikonomou announced on Tuesday. A day after 29-year-old AEK fan, Michalis Κatsouris, was stabbed …

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A 29-year-old Greek man was stabbed to death by Croatian hooligans and fans of Dinamo Zagreb FC in a violent brawl in North-West Athens on Monday night. Eight people are being hospitalized due to injuries, among them a 17-year-old boy with serious head injuries, state broadcaster ERT reported. The brawl …

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A group of hooligans attacked and injured a man outside the Athens Court of Appeal on Wednesday morning. The attackers were not even bothered by the presence of police squads in the area, which is supposed to be one of the most protected in downtown Athens.. According to media, a …

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Soccer supporters’ clubs will be suspended for five months and sentences for fans’ violence will be increased thus without parole, Greece announced on Monday as part of a crackdown triggered by the murder of a 19-year-old man who was stabbed and beaten to death by soccer hooligans in the northern …

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A 21-year-old suspect turned himself to the authorities on Monday morning. He is 12th young man to be arrested in the murder case of 19-year-old Alkis Kambanos by football hooligans in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on February 1. The suspect, who has previously been identified by other suspects as “Dinos,” is …

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Τhe majority of rioters who attacked the police station and injured the police officer in Nea Smyrni on Tuesday were organized football hooligans and not supporters of main opposition party left-wing SYRIZA. This comes from Greek Police sources based on the arrests they have made, so far. 80% of the …

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Armed with stones, sticks and knives hooligans attacked the home of Dimitris Giannakopoulos on Wednesday evening, a day after the owner of Panathinaikos BC announced that he sells the basketball club for 25 million euros. The hooligans, around 100 people on 50 motorbikes arrived at Giannakopoulos’ home in Kifissia suburb …

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Olympiacos hooligans attacked Bayern Munich fans with sticks and fireworks ahead of the youth game between the two teams in Piraeus on Tuesday evening. At least four German fans of Bayern Munich were injured when dozens of men barged into Olympiacos’ training center in Rendi, Athens, during a game between …

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Brainless Greek fascists raised a banner praising the massacre of Srebrenica in 1995 where 8,000 Muslims Bosniaks, mainly men and boys were killed by the Serbs. During the match between Greece and Bosnia national teams, Greeks raised a banner reading in Serbian: «Noz, zica, Srebrenica» (knife, wire, Srebrenica) On Monday, …

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Hooligans stabbed on the back the head of the police force as riot police and Olympiacos fans clashed outside Ayias football stadium in Patras. The clashes started when some 100 Olympiacos fans attempted to enter the stadium without tickets. Riot police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd.  During the clashes …

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Hooliganism prevailed over soccer, and the so-called Derby between the “Eternal Enemies” Panathinaikos and Olympiakos was abandoned after fans set stadium seats on fire and hurled petrol bombs, plastic chairs and fire extinguishers at the pitch. The riot police fired tear gas as young fans without tickets tried to storm the OAKA …

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