Moscow police detain 200 football fans after match

Moscow police detain 200 football fans after match

2011-06-20 01:55:53 GMT+7 (ICT)

MOSCOW (BNO NEWS) -- About 200 football fans were arrested on Saturday night for various violations after a football match in Moscow, a police spokesman told the state-run RIA Novosti news agency on Sunday.

RIA Novosti said that over 2,000 policemen, including 240 special task police officers, were providing security during a match between Spartak Moscow and another club from the Russian capital, Lokomoti.

"There were no serious incidents during the match but some 200 fans were detained for various violations. They are mainly young people, who were drunk," the spokesman said. Spartak Moscow defeated Lokomotiv, 2:0.

Last month, more than 100 football fans were also detained in the Russian capital for various offenses after a match between rival Moscow clubs Spartak and CSKA.

And over 60 football fans were detained last year during an unsanctioned rally to demand an investigation into the death of 28-year-old Spartak Moscow fan Yegor Sviridov, who was killed in December in a fight between football fans and internal migrants from the North Caucasus.

The rally was not organized by the Spartak Moscow fan group, Fratria, which Sviridov was a member of. The shooting death of Sviridov sparked ethnic clashes for more than a month in Russia, including a brawl between over 5,000 football supporters and police.

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