The Police of Australia Three men were charged Monday with various crimes in connection with a violent on-field invasion of a professional soccer league match in the city of Melbourne, which left four injured, including a local goalkeeper. team.
The three defendants, aged between 18 and 23, turned themselves in to Melbourne police authorities, Victoria State Police said in a statement, specifying that they should appear in the city’s court next February 27.
Police have charged the three men with assaulting Melbourne City goalkeeper Tom Glover, as well as causing violent disorder, throwing projectiles with intent to injure another, recklessly causing injury and disrupting a match, among others in other cases related to disruption of public order.
The Police, who are continuing their investigation, are not ruling out charging other suspects for this violent incident which took place on Saturday night at AAMI Park stadium during the match between Melbourne City and Melbourne Victory, of the first division of Australian football. .
That night, around 150 men stormed the pitch 22 minutes before the game, when City beat Victory 1-0, after fans lit around 50 flares and threw them into the crowd or at pitch.
The goalkeeper, a cameraman and two security guards were injured
The Victoria Police, whose capital is Melbourne, explained in today’s statement that the doorman, a cameraman and two security guards were injured in these violent acts. Fans stormed the field and attacked the goalkeeper with a metal bucket, causing a bloody cut on his right cheek.
Melbourne City said in a statement that Glover, 24, received several stitches and underwent a medical examination after the impact, while Melbourne Victory expressed its condemnation by stressing that these actions were “without place in football”.
The match was held amid tensions, after the sale of the rights to the grand final of the first division of the league was announced to be held in the city of Sydney for the next three years.
Source: La Verdad
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