Legia fans run riot in Bydgoszcz; Photo: PAPPolice have detained another 48 fans of Legia Warsaw and Lech Poznan in connection with the rioting at the Polish Cup final in Bydgoszcz last Tuesday.
The detentions come after 26 alleged hooligans were arrested earlier this week after being identified from CCTV and television images.
Chief of Police Andrzej Matejuk said this morning that the investigation into the rioting, which caiused considerable damage to the stadium in Bydgoszcz where the Polish Cup final was being played, was still ongoing and further detentions could follow today or at the weekend.
Andrzej Matejuk said that those detained were not only from Warsaw and Poznan but other cities too.
The detentions follow a ban imposed yesterday on supporters travelling to away matches in the first and second division until the end of the season.
The rioting at the Polish Cup final plus fighting between Polish and Lithuanian fans at a recent friendly between the two national sides has raised concerns among UEFA officials ahead of Poland and Ukraine hosting the Euro 2012 football championships next summer.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk held a meeting on Wednesday with officials from the Ekstraklasa first division, urging them to get tough with Poland’s hooligan problem.
“There are sufficient legal instruments to deal with this issue already. What is necessary is the will to put them into practice,” he told reporters. (pg)
source: IAR