Lazio fans detained with weapons before Europa League match in Germany
Al Jazeera
About 60 fans were held overnight and banned from the stadium as the Italian club played Dynamo Kyiv in Hamburg, German police said.
Several supporters of Italian football club Lazio have been banned from attending their UEFA Europa League match against Dynamo Kyiv in Hamburg after German police seized weapons from them, the club and police said.
The fans were stopped after attempting to evade a police escort near the city’s town hall and were subsequently searched by riot officers.
“After the group attempted to evade police surveillance and ignored officers’ shouts, riot police stopped and checked the group,” a police statement said on Wednesday.
Searches found five knives, six meat pounders, two wooden planks, a club, a pipe wrench and a spit, among other items.
Hamburg police said that about 60 fans of the Siere A team spent the night in the cells. Fans were held late on Tuesday and detained until Wednesday.
