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Police injured, 18 people arrested after football fans riot in Sofia

Fri, Oct 22 2010 10:32 CET

byThe Sofia Echo staff

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Police injured, 18 people arrested after football fans riot in Sofia

Rapid Wien's Steffen Hofmann celebrates with teammate Atdhe Nuhiu a goal against CSKA Sofia during their Europe League group L soccer match in Sofia on October 21, 2010.

Four police officers were injured in street violence in Sofia that followed CSKA’s 2-0 defeat in a Uefa Europa League match against Austrian team Rapid Vienna on October 21 2010. Eighteen people were arrested, reportedly including seven minors.
 
Passersby were assaulted, and cars vandalised, including two police patrol cars, the windows of which were smashed. Smoke bombs were thrown at police.
 
Bulgarian National Television (BNT) quoted senior police officer Valentin Yordanov as saying that the CSKA fans’ anger was directed against CSKA’s leadership.
 
Yordanov told BNT that he had discussed the situation with CSKA’s fan club, which said that it had not been involved.
 
The head of the Bulgarian Football Union’s commission on fair play, order and security, Vassil Vassilev, told local news agency Focus that the football fans behaviour was "intolerable".
 
"It is intolerable for spectators to give vent to their anger in such an ugly way," he said, adding that police must act "absolutely uncompromisingly in such situations".
 
The other question, Vassilev said, wasabout the unaccompanied minors at the stadium, in violation of Bulgaria’s law against football hooliganism.
 
Daily Dnevnik said that the owners of the teams left the stadium 10 minutes before the final whistle of the match.

 

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