A Greek supporter of football club AEK Athens was stabbed to death overnight from Monday to Tuesday during a brawl with supporters of Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb, according to Greek police. Violent clashes have pitted groups of ultras, leaving at least six injured, before the first leg of the Champions League which is due to take place on Tuesday evening at the AEK stadium in Nea Filadelfia in the suburbs of Athens.
“Serious incidents took place outside the Nea Filadelfia stadium. A stabbed young Greek man is dead and six other injured people are still in hospital“, reported the Greek police.
83 arrests
The stabbed 22-year-old was taken to an Athens hospital before succumbing to his injuries overnight Monday to Tuesday, police said. The Greek police made 83 arrests after the violent clashes between the ultras of the two clubs.
Those arrested are to be heard by the prosecutor on Tuesday morning, according to the Greek news agency Ana. About a hundred hooligans from the Croatian club were present in the Greek capital, Ana noted.
On the night of February 1, 2022, in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, Alkis Kampanos, a young supporter, was beaten and stabbed to death after a football match between PAOK FC and Aris FC.
Last July, seven of the defendants in this case were found guilty of intentional homicide and sentenced to life in prison.
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