Football : affrontement à Sofia – 27 février 2011

Affrontements police-supporters: plusieurs blessés et dégâts importants à Sofia

The Associated Press

28 02 2011

SOFIA, Bulgarie — La police bulgare a dit que des affrontements entre supporters et forces de l’ordre ont fait plusieurs blessés au cours de la nuit à Sofia, après un match entre les grands rivaux CSKA et Levski.

Le chef de police de Sofia, Valeri Yordanov, a dit que 16 policiers ont été blessés.

Plusieurs autobus ont été endommagées, et plusieurs vitrines de commerces et fenêtres d’autos ont été fracassées. Lire la suite…

Violence erupts at Bulgaria football match

AFP

27 février 2011

SOFIA — Thirty-two policemen were injured, three of them seriously, and 23 fans arrested as violence marred the Sofia derby between arch-rivals Levski and CSKA, police said Sunday.

Another 15 drunken fans were not allowed into the stadium for the game Saturday evening, Sofia police chief Valery Yordanov told a press conference Sunday.

One 25-year-old CSKA fan was taken to hospital with serious injuries to the head and face, hospital sources added.

CSKA won the game 3-1 at Levski’s home ground but only after 3,000 away fans were evicted from the stadium at halftime following an injury sustained by a policeman.

Riot police, some on horseback and manning water cannons, were used to disperse the angry crowd in the ensuing clashes with police outside the stadium that saw several buses damaged and many shop and car windows smashed. Read more…