Witnesses in Fear for Their Lives
Brutal scenes on the highway: hooligans in custody
As reported, chaotic scenes unfolded on November 6 on the Pyhrn Highway (A9) near Kalsdorf, south of Graz: High-risk fans of the Polish first-division soccer club Legia Warsaw caused traffic chaos by blocking the highway and robbing two men. Now, further details have emerged.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen They had previously crossed the border in a convoy of about 50 vehicles, mostly minibuses. Their frustration was likely high after their club lost 1–2 to the Slovenian team Celje in the Europa Conference League match.
When some of them spotted a small car with Zagreb license plates, tempers flared: Assuming it might be the hated “Bad Blue Boys” (a hooligan group affiliated with Dinamo Zagreb), they raced past the car and blocked it. Then the hooligans—some of whom were masked—beat the two occupants with their weapons: threaded rods, axe handles, and telescoping steel batons.
Innocent victims are left with nothing
One Croatian man was even seriously injured. Yet the two men have absolutely nothing to do with soccer. The car is a total loss and had only been borrowed—they were planning to drive to Germany to buy a new one. But even that money was stolen from them! “The two men are left with nothing,” says an investigator from the robbery unit of the Styrian State Criminal Police Office.
At the Arnwiesen rest stop, the ride came to an end for at least 20 hooligans—the youngest is only 14, the oldest over 60—and they were arrested by the police. Eight of them are still in pretrial detention at the Graz-Jakomini Correctional Facility. The police operation proved difficult. “There is no photo or video footage, because the witnesses caught in the resulting traffic jam were terrified by the brutality that unfolded before their eyes,” says the officer. The investigation is ongoing.
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