A Greek supporter of football club AEK Athens was stabbed to death on the night of Monday to Tuesday August 8 in the suburbs of the Greek capital during a brawl with supporters of Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb, according to Greek police. Violent clashes have pitted groups of ultras from both clubs, police say, leaving at least eight injured – three Greeks and five Croats – ahead of the Champions League first leg set to take place at the stadium on Tuesday night. ‘AEK in Nea Filadelfia on the outskirts of Athens. The stabbed young man, aged 22, was transported to an Athens hospital before succumbing to his injuries. According to the Ministry of Citizen Protection, groups of supporters from both sides clashed near the stadium, throwing stun grenades, stones and incendiary devices and other objects. Some had bats. Violence frequently marks football matches in Greece and, after the death last year of a young man, the government raised the maximum jail term for violent supporters from six months to five years.
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