Vandalism, Arrests Follow Bulgaria's Eternal Football Derby

Crime | October 21, 2012, Sunday // 12:33|  views

Sixteen people were arrested for hooliganism and vandalism after the top Bulgarian football derby in the capital Sofia. File photo by Sofia Photo Agency

Football fans have been arrested in the capital Sofia in the aftermath of the top Bulgarian football derby between the teams of CSKA and Levski.

The match, played out Saturday in downtown Sofia, finished with a 1:0 win of CSKA against its arch-rivals.

Two public transportation buses and a trolley were seriously damaged by football fans while a total of 16 individuals were arrested – two of them for illegal drugs possession and the rest for possession of large amounts of pyrotechnics, hidden in shoes and underwear.

Chief Commissar, Anton Zlatanov, Head of the Hooliganism, Extremism and Sports Events Unit at the Sofia Directorate of the Interior Ministry, reports that the detainees will be processed and released, and later summoned for follow-up proceedings.

Zlatanov says 90% of the police force was outside the stadium to prevent cases of vandalism.

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Tags: Levski, CSKA, football, hooligans, police, violence, arrested, derby

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