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Football hooligans slapped with two-year ban on sport events

Wed, May 21 2008 23:53 CET

byPetar Kostadinov

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Eleven fans of Lokomotiv Plovdiv football club were sentenced to spend 20 days under arrest and got a two-year ban from sports events at home and abroad. The sentence was issued by the court in Sandanski on May 20 2008, Bulgarian National Television said. 

Four Lokomotiv fans are charged with starting the attack and could face up to two years in prison for hooliganism. Their case will be heard on May 22 or 23 2008.

A total of 40 Lokomotiv Plovdiv fans were arrested on May 17 after they attacked fans of CSKA Sofia football club with stones while CSKA was playing against Vihren Sandanski in their final game of the season.

The clashes ended with several of CSKA fans being seriously injured. CSKA's bus and other motor vehicles were seriously damaged as well.

Lokomotiv fans travelled to Sandanski from the nearby Blagoevgrad, where their team played against local Pirin.

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