Police accused 11 hooligans of rioting at a match in Trnava – SME.sk

TRNAVA. In connection with the riots at the football match between FC Spartak Trnava a ŠK Slovan Bratislava police charged 11 people.

Zlatica Antalová, the regional police spokeswoman in Trnava, informed about it.

The accused men are between 23 and 46 years old. “If they can prove their guilt, they may face up to three years in prison. The police are prosecuting people at large,” Antalová said.

She added that the police are not slowing down and continue to work intensively to identify other rioters, both from both camps.

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During the match of the teams in Trnava on October 17, after about 14 minutes, the fans of Slovan and Spartak gradually broke into the field. Police cocoons had to intervene, who used coercive means to push the crowd out of the stadium.

“This did not end the work of the police, it was time for a demanding and lengthy evaluation of the number of camera recordings,” the spokeswoman said. Immediately after the match, the police officers secured the necessary camera recordings, and with the help of the intensive work of the police operation in the field and on social networks, they managed to identify several people who disturbed public order. “The people were part of the battle that took place in the stadium and threw pyrotechnics on the playing field and stands,” added Antalová.

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Disciplinary commission of the Slovak Football Association for events from the unfinished and later contemplated derby Fortuna League, which the main referee ended prematurely on the field after the battles of the hooligans of both camps, punished FC Spartak Trnava with a fine of 35,000 euros on Thursday and ŠK Slovan Bratislava with a fine of 20,000 euros.

Other penalties concern a ban on spectators. Spartak will play the next three home matches without them, only children under 15 will be allowed to enter. Slovan fans cannot travel to the next four matches on the opponents’ pitches.

In addition, the commission banned fans of both clubs from going to mutual matches by the end of the competition year.

The events from the match of the 11th round of the Fortuna League were also dealt with by Tuesday’s Committee of the National Council of the Slovak Republic for Education, Science, Youth and sport in order to increase safety at sporting events.