About 60 followers had been detained in a single day and banned from the stadium when the Italian membership performed Dynamo Kiev in Hamburg, German police mentioned.
A number of supporters of Italian soccer membership Lazio had been banned from attending a Europa League match in opposition to Dynamo Kyiv in Hamburg after German police seized weapons from their possession, the membership and police mentioned.
Followers had been stopped close to Metropolis Corridor after making an attempt to evade a police escort and had been subsequently searched by riot police.
“Riot police stopped and checked the group after they tried to evade police surveillance and ignored police shouts,” a police assertion mentioned on Wednesday.
The search uncovered 5 knives, six meat pounders, two planks of wooden, a stick, a pipe wrench and a roasting fork, amongst different objects.
Hamburg police mentioned about 60 Siere A followers spent the evening in cells. The followers had been detained late Tuesday and had been detained till Wednesday.
Lazio comprehensively defeated the Ukrainian membership 3-0.
The match was held in Hamburg because of the ongoing warfare between Russia and Ukraine.
Lazio followers have lengthy triggered bother and the membership has been hit with a number of sanctions each in Serie A and Europe.
In March, an Italian fan was arrested in Munich for saluting Adolf Hitler earlier than Lazio’s recreation in opposition to Bayern Munich.
Earlier than a Champions League match in opposition to Bayern Munich in March, an Italian who was amongst about 100 Lazio followers sang fascist songs within the beer corridor the place Adolf Hitler based the Nazi Celebration was arrested and fined for saluting Hitler.
A yr in the past, a fan carrying a Hitler shirt was banned from attending Lazio matches for all times by Roma.
Additionally within the 2022-23 season, Lazio was ordered to shut some video games on the Stadio Olimpico to spectators after followers directed racist chants at rival gamers.
