ZAGREB, August 28, 2019 – Police have arrested eight persons suspected on participating in Uzdolje near Knin on August 21 in an attack against the patrons of a bar who were watching a football game between Serbia’s Red Star and Switzerland’s Young Boys, Šibenik county police said on Wednesday.
The eight persons accused of rioting are from the Split area, police said, adding that more would be revealed after an investigation was completed. The perpetrators face from six months to five years in prison.
The media recall that two attacks were committed last Wednesday on Serb bar patrons watching the game, one in Uzdolje and one in Đevrske. The perpetrators in Đevrske, two men aged 25 and 28, insulted the patrons on ethnic grounds but were soon arrested as the owner of the bar and the patrons identified them.
The attack in Uzdolje was more serious and apparently organised. A dozen persons wearing ski masks allegedly entered the bar with clubs and a machete, destroying the premises and injuring the patrons, Jutarnji List daily said.
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