As Dnevnik writes, the police prevented a clash between the fans, but the traffic problems continued even after that. Although Croatian Auto Club (HAK) announced around 4:00 p.m. that the part of the motorway in question was reopened to traffic, readers of Dnevnik reported around 5:00 p.m. that they were still standing in place and not moving.
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“It’s a kilometer-long queue. We’re not even moving forward. People with small children started getting out of their cars”, a Dnevnik reader reported.
The police department of the Lika-SenjCounty explained that a long queue has formed and that it took time for traffic to start again.
“It’s going slowly, the column is almost not moving towards the north. The police are on the ground and they are solving the situation so that traffic can start as soon as possible”, they said.
The Croatian Auto Club announced earlier on Sunday that traffic was stopped between the Gospić and Gornja Ploča junctions near the Jadova rest stop in the direction of Zagreb due to an incident with fans, and the queue was nine kilometres long.
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✔️spriječen sukob navijača
✔️bez postupanja policije
✔️bez uporabe sredstava prisile – izdane naredbe
✔️uspostavljeno odvijanje prometa koji je bio u prekidu do 15:55 h
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Twitter: Ministry of the Interior
Police found baseball bats by the side of the road
As reported by PD Lika-Senj, there was no conflict between the fans who are now under police surveillance.
The Ministry of the Interior published photos from the motorway on Twitter and information that traffic was stopped by Hajduk fans traveling to Zagreb and Osijek, who got out of their vehicles masked with helmets and clothes. They added that the possible cause was a conflict with Dinamo fans traveling to Šibenik.
The police also announced that they found baseball bats on the side of the road, but they emphasised that the conflict between the fans was prevented without police intervention and the use of coercive means.
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