The police issued a press release concerning the incidents that occurred on Sunday night time (15/9) on the Alpha Mega Stadium after the Police's resolution to cancel the match between Apollon and AEL.
Identical announcement:
As we speak we witnessed, as soon as once more, critical incidents in a soccer match regardless that the Police repeatedly warned the KOP and the opposite competent authorities about potential dangers and their obligations to stop such phenomena.
The Police, regardless of the troublesome circumstances they’re going through and the elevated duties they’ve shouldered, mobilized a big pressure at the moment to police the match between the APOLLON – AEL groups, on the ALFAMEGA stadium. Regardless of her a number of appeals, evidently she was not listened to throughout at the moment's match, the place the next critical occasions occurred:
• Small fireplace outdoors the stadium
• Discovering a bag of Molotov cocktails and torches
• AEL followers, throughout their entrance and so as to not be subjected to bodily management, used spray in opposition to the supervisors and policemen and forcibly entered the stadium. When the followers had been then requested to depart to be body-checked, they refused to be checked once more and returned to the stands in opposition to the recommendation of the Police.
• After the announcement of the non-start of the match, within the stands of Apollo, followers used flares and torches, whereas throughout the exit of the followers, members of the Police had been attacked, on account of which three members had been injured, one among them significantly.
The referee and the safety officer of the stadium, after ascertaining the insecurity that prevailed with the conduct of the match and after accepting the suggestions of the Police, determined to not maintain the match.
The Chief of Police has requested an in depth and detailed incident report from the stadium policing officer, which is able to, amongst different issues, be despatched to the KOP.
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Three injured law enforcement officials from the incidents outdoors the “Alfamega” Stadium
