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Belgrade mourns death of French fan beaten by hooligans
Serbian minister of youth and sport Snezana Markovic Samardzic lights candles in front of the French embassy in Belgrade, September 29 2009. A 28-year-old French soccer fan, Brice Taton, died in a Belgrade hospital after being injured in violence ahead of a Europa League match between Partizan Belgrade and Toulouse on September 17.
A day of mourning is being held in Belgrade on September 30 2009 after the death of French football fan Brice Taton who was beaten by hooligans in a pub in the centre of the Serbian capital city on September 17 before a match between Partizan and Toulouse.
Belgrade’s mayor Dragan Djilas declared the day of mourning, and Serbian media said that the people of Belgrade had been called on to light candles in memory of Taton. An anti-violence march was scheduled for October 1.
On September 29, Serbian minister of youth and sport Snezana Markovic Samardzic lit candles in front of the French embassy in Belgrade.
The violence that led to Taton’s death allegedly started after a verbal exchange, with about 30 hooligans setting upon 15 Toulouse fans outside a bar. The clash quickly spread to other nearby bars, Balkan Insight said.
Serbian police remanded in custody 10 people, who face charges of attempted murder.
"The group includes the main perpetrator of the violence, and the police will carry on with its vehement action to identify and detain all the culprits," Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic told journalists.
Serbian news agency Beta said on September 29 that president Boris Tadic had announced "severe measures" against Taton’s attackers.
Tadic expressed his condolences to Taton's family and said Serbia will respond in "the most serious and strict" manner to the young man's death.
"Serbia is an open, democratic society, where extremist groups are not condoned," Tadic said, adding that "such a thing in absolutely unacceptable" in Serbian democracy.
Belgrade’s mayor Dragan Djilas declared the day of mourning, and Serbian media said that the people of Belgrade had been called on to light candles in memory of Taton. An anti-violence march was scheduled for October 1.
On September 29, Serbian minister of youth and sport Snezana Markovic Samardzic lit candles in front of the French embassy in Belgrade.
The violence that led to Taton’s death allegedly started after a verbal exchange, with about 30 hooligans setting upon 15 Toulouse fans outside a bar. The clash quickly spread to other nearby bars, Balkan Insight said.
Serbian police remanded in custody 10 people, who face charges of attempted murder.
"The group includes the main perpetrator of the violence, and the police will carry on with its vehement action to identify and detain all the culprits," Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic told journalists.
Serbian news agency Beta said on September 29 that president Boris Tadic had announced "severe measures" against Taton’s attackers.
Tadic expressed his condolences to Taton's family and said Serbia will respond in "the most serious and strict" manner to the young man's death.
"Serbia is an open, democratic society, where extremist groups are not condoned," Tadic said, adding that "such a thing in absolutely unacceptable" in Serbian democracy.
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Peggy leave your shameful hate for Australia and dont bring it here you immigrant.
Your kind is not safe, not because you are in Melbourne but because you are a Serb that has killed and tortured all your neighbors and act as a stupid stuffed animal when it comes to dealing with your butchered up reality.
So i ask you again to not involve Australia in your garbage Serb apologist section. Use other retarded rhetorics if you want or simply hand back your immigration papers and f off back were you came [...]
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Thanks in advance, cherio
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There is no bottom on how much hooligans costs society. They'll never be productive, but only cost the taxpayers infinitely more money throughout their lives. Hang them high!
Opanak, what has your post got to do with what I wrote or the article?
Peggy...dodji cika da bonu...
Don't worry Peggy, those bunch of scums will get what they deserve-minimum 20 years in prison. It's a pity that those hooligans are between 18-21 yo, but Serbia will not step up in front of violence. Serbian people will make Serbia safe country.
Hope he rests in peace.
As for the murderers out there, I hope they locke them up and throw away the key.
We don't want people like them walking free and being a threat to anyone. The law must be tough now or we will have many more of these types of beatings and killings to come.
Thanks to lenient judges, we here in Melbourne are not safe to venture out in certain parts of the city in the early hours. Not good enough. So I hope that Serbia takes [...]
Read the full comment a much tougher stand on these crimes than Australia does.