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One dead, five injured as Morocco football fans clash
RABAT, Sept 25, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – One person was killed and five injured in
clashes between rival football fans after a cup tie near the Moroccan city of
Casablanca, local authorities said Wednesday.
“A group of supporters of Wydad Casablanca (club) stopped a vehicle
carrying fans of AS FAR Rabat, throwing stones and the situation
degenerated,” they said in a statement.
They said one person died of his injuries after “falling from on top of
the vehicle” and five others were hospitalised.
Police made six arrests over the violence which followed a 3-1 defeat for
the home club.
Football violence is common in Morocco costing the lives of supporters in
March 2016, after which authorities temporarily cracked down on radical
supporters clubs.
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