ZAGREB, Aug 12 (Hina) - Croatian dailies wrote in their Wednesday issues that 70 Dinamo Zagreb soccer fans were deported from Ukraine because they provoked a fight in a cafe in Kiev.
ZAGREB, Aug 12 (Hina) - Croatian dailies wrote in their Wednesday
issues that 70 Dinamo Zagreb soccer fans were deported from Ukraine
because they provoked a fight in a cafe in Kiev. #L#
Dinamo Zagreb played Dinamo Kiev on Tuesday evening in Kiev. The
hosts won 3:1. A total of 70 soccer fans headed to Kiev on a bus to see
the game. They, however, left the country without seeing it because
the incident took place before the game started.
According to the dailies Vecernji List, Sportske Novosti and
Jutarnji List, the incident took place early Tuesday morning, at
about 2.50 AM in a coffee house in Kiev. According to a report by
Kiev police, of which Croatian Ambassador to Russia Mario Mikolic
informed the Croatian dailies, Zagreb soccer fans disturbed public
peace and order and provoked a fight. Nobody was injured and
material damage amounts to US$2,000. Croatian soccer fans were
ready to pay for it.
Some 30 fans took part in the incident and 10 spent the night in
custody. Considering that all 70 fans arrived in Ukraine with a
group visa, they were all deported from the country.
According to Vecernji List, the reason why the fight started was an
attempt of Ukrainian waiters to charge the Croatian fans twice the
actual price of drinks. Some of the fans claim that police
confiscated their cellular phones and money.
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