Following the murder of a Greek AEK Athens football fan last week, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin called on Wednesday 16 August from Athens to “ eliminate cancer of hooliganism. ” The problem of violence and hooliganism is not only Greek, it is European he said during a press conference with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. AEK Athens supporter Michalis Katsouris, 29, died of a haemorrhage after being stabbed in the arm during violent incidents on Monday evening between ultras from Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb and AEK near the stadium of Greek club in Nea Filadelfia, suburb of Athens. This tragedy occurred the day before a preliminary Champions League match postponed by UEFA to August 19. ” We will do everything we can to ensure that such a tragedy does not happen again. “, assured the president of UEFA. Greek justice on Sunday indicted and remanded in custody 105 people accused of having participated in the incidents. Among the accused are 102 Croats, suspected of being linked to the Bad Blue Boys, Dinamo Zagreb hooligans.
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