FOOTBALL FANS GOT INTO A FIGHT IN LIMASSOL
On Wednesday evening in Limassol, there was a serious clash between fans of the local football club and fans from Nicosia. As a result, a 21-year-old boy was hospitalized.
According to the police press service, around 11:00 p.m., law enforcement agencies received information that there were about 40 hooded fans outside the fan club in Limassol, while a second group of about 80 fans arrived at the scene, armed with stones and sticks. A clash ensued between the phantoms. Its participants threw stones, firecrackers, Molotov cocktails and tear gas canisters at each other.
Police patrols arrived at the scene, but after seeing the law enforcers, the hooligans fled to the nearby streets of the district.
As a result of the riots, the car was completely burned down, shop windows were damaged. A 21-year-old young man was taken to hospital with a broken elbow.
Police found a man in a Limassol sweatshirt on one street with three firebombs.
The police are continuing their investigation to identify all those involved in the street fight.
You may also be interested in:
- A Spaniard and a Cypriot organized a “pharmacy of hard drugs” for the wealthy in Mykonos.
- Increase in the number of people with dementia in Cyprus, support for families and patients remains limited
- Police commented on the circumstances of the deaths in the Limassol mountains fire
- Contract for Paphos – Polis road construction terminated due to contractor’s demands
- Ministry of Education reminds about the need to notify of student absences — and warns when the police will be called
