UP: "Barbarians" entered the entrance without authorization to clash with "Dukes", the police prevented physical contact

The police said that the "Barbarians" came to the match in private vehicles, and that the regional security center "Zapad" was informed by the organizers that no organized arrival of fan groups is expected at the match.

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The hall in Nikšić after the "invasion" of the most ardent fans of Budućnost, Photo: Private archive
The hall in Nikšić after the "invasion" of the most ardent fans of Budućnost, Photo: Private archive
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Police officers prevented physical contact between the "Varvari" and "Vojvode" fan groups at the basketball match between Sutjeska and Budućnosti, the Police Administration (UP) announced.

The UP said that members of the "Barbarians" came to the match in private vehicles, and then entered the official entrance without authorization, with the intention of clashing with the "Dukes".

They added that the regional security center "Zapad" was informed by the organizers that no organized arrival of fan groups is expected at the match.

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"The security company hired by the organizers is, according to the Act on the Prevention of Violence and Misbehavior at Sports Events, in charge of securing both the facility and the official entrance to the facility where the sports event took place, and which members of the 'Barbarians' fan group entered without authorization. During the match, a number of fans who arrived in private vehicles, of the basketball club 'Budućnost', 'Barvari', entered the part of the hall where the sporting event was taking place with the intention of clashing with members of the 'Vojvode' fan group. in the announcement of UP.

"Officials of the Regional Security Center 'West', in cooperation with the officers of the Regional Security Center 'Centar', have informed the prosecutor of the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Nikšić about the event, and are taking measures and actions to identify and prosecute the persons who participated in this event, including establishing eventual responsibilities of the 'Sutjeska' Basketball Club, as well as the organizers in the organization of security in accordance with the Law on the Prevention of Violence and Misbehavior at Sports Events," the announcement concludes.

The semifinal match of the First Montenegrin Basketball League between Sutjeska and Budućnost Volija in Nikšić was stopped a little less than six and a half minutes before the end of the first half, with the visitors from Podgorica leading 36:26.

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