Police attacked with stones: pyro attack seriously injured fan in Frankfurt

Police attacked with stones
Pyro attack seriously injured fan in Frankfurt

Belgian football hooligans seriously injured a visitor in the Europa League game Eintracht Frankfurt against Antwerp. There are serious riots before and after the game. There are also violent riots in Leicester and Istanbul, and twelve police officers are injured in England.

In the pyro attack of Belgian football fans in the Europa League game Eintracht Frankfurt against Royal Antwerp (2: 2), a visitor was seriously injured on Thursday evening. The perpetrator, who had fired a Bengali fire in the crowd, was determined according to the Frankfurt police and should be brought before a judge on Friday. Because of the lack of support in the parallel game, Frankfurt missed the group win and the associated direct knockout round for the time being.

Even before the serious incident, a huge amount of pyrotechnics had been ignited in the guest block. In the area of ​​the home curve, three firecrackers were thrown into the interior by Frankfurt fans, which injured some stewards.

Before and after the game, there were also riots between the two fan camps. Officials were attacked with iron bars, stones and other objects. The police were able to catch around 150 rioters from Eintracht and determine their identity.

Riots in Leicester and Istanbul too

Fan riots also broke out during the Europa League game between Leicester City and Legia Warsaw, with a total of twelve police officers injured. Two officers came to the hospital, one with a broken wrist and one with a concussion, police said. Seven people were arrested. This was preceded by rioting in the away block. Fans of the Polish soccer record champions set off pyrotechnics, some tried, according to the police, to storm into adjacent blocks and attacked security forces. The English Premier League club Leicester won the home game 3-1 on Thursday evening.

The duel between Galatasaray Istanbul and Olympique Marseille, which the Turks won 4-2, also caused unsightly scenes and had to be interrupted. In the 36th minute of the game, Cicaldau and Gueye had clashed, whereupon Galatasaray fans threw cups and lighters onto the field. The German referee Tobias Stieler had to guide the Marseille players away from the corner flag in the first half before it continued after a brief interruption. The first leg (0-0) in Marseille was also interrupted because of numerous fireworks.

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