Approximately fifty people, with their faces covered with hoods and holding various offensive instruments, entered the building housing Omonia fans in Lakatamia, causing extensive damage and injuring three people.
The incident occurred after the Omonia-APOEL derby for the curtain raiser of the football championship, which Omonia won 2-1.
According to information from the Police, extensive damage was caused by unknown persons who entered the Omonia fun club in Lakatamia around 11 last night. Three patrons went to the Nicosia General Hospital for examinations.
According to the examinations, the Police report, around 50 people, who had their faces covered with hoods and were holding various offensive instruments, entered the club and caused extensive damage.
Three people (patrons) went to Nicosia General Hospital for examinations, with their condition not causing concern.
This was not the only incident linked to the derby of the ages. According to a police report, at the OMONIA – APOEL football match in Nicosia, a woman was arrested for insulting police officers outside the stadium.
Moreover, following information received by the Police regarding damage to a car in the stadium area, its members went to the scene, but did not locate anything relevant, while further information collection indicated that the owner of the vehicle left to go to a police station to file a complaint.
According to the complaint, around 19:00, the citizen went to a police station, where he reported that, while he was driving his car on a road in the stadium area, suspects caused damage to his car window.
Members of the Police, who, as part of the security measures taken for the match, were in the area of the private football fields, in the area opposite the stadium, noticed suspicious persons approaching the area, with the intention of causing damage to property, by spraying. The Police members prevented them, after they moved towards them and the suspects fled, the police briefing also states.
Source: sigmalive
