Hooligans set car alight with Omonia fans inside

 

POLICE ARE looking for APOEL hooligans who set a car alight while two Omonia supporters were still inside yesterday after the local derby APOEL-Omonia at the GSP Stadium. 

According to the state broadcaster last night, APOEL supporters wearing helmets and on motorcycles broke the windows of a car on the roundabout near the stadium in which were two Omonia supporters. 

The two were leaving the stadium when they came under attack by APOEL hooligans who broke the car windows using iron crowbars and then threw in a flare which set the car alight.  

Other APOEL supporters nearby ran to the car to help the two young Omonia fans get out of the car before it was engulfed in flames and completely destroyed.

A fire engine parked at the stadium rushed to the scene to put the flames out, while the two victims were taken to hospital by ambulance. 

A police spokesman said last night their condition was not serious. 

Meanwhile, in separate incidents, police made three arrests before and after the match in connection with the possession of firecrackers and flares.  

 

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