Month: August 2015

Court drops terrorism case against Ultras fan groups

Zamalek’s chairman had filed the case before dropping charges

An administrative court dropped Monday the case against Ultras football fan groups that demanded their designation as a terrorist group.

The Zamalek football club’s controversial president, Mortada Mansour, dropped the case against the Ultras groups, including the club’s hardcore fan group known as Ultras White Nights (UWK).

In May, a different court banned Ultras football fan groups and ordered that they be dissolved.

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Statement der Clapton-Ultras nach Fascho-Angriff

STATEMENT

Last night our club Clapton FC were playing our last pre season friendly away against Thamesmead in South East London. In the last few days, we received threatening messages from a fascist group regarding this fixture. This information was passed on to the football club and its fans who decided to travel as one group to the game as fan safety is the number one priority.

As we arrived at the game around 15 minutes after kick off and began to enter, Clapton fans were immediately attacked with weapons and missiles by a large group already present inside the ground, who threw glasses, bottles, bricks, signs and a fire extinguisher at Clapton fans, the vast majority of which had not been able to even enter the ground. In addition to causing minor injury the missiles damaged several parked cars in the car park outside the ground. Thankfully no one was seriously injured.

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