{"id":1667,"date":"2025-01-04T17:13:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T17:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/04\/marine-flares-fired-at-soccer-games-mean-an-attempted-murder-charge-cyprus-justice-minister-says\/"},"modified":"2025-01-04T17:13:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T17:13:00","slug":"marine-flares-fired-at-soccer-games-mean-an-attempted-murder-charge-cyprus-justice-minister-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/04\/marine-flares-fired-at-soccer-games-mean-an-attempted-murder-charge-cyprus-justice-minister-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine flares fired at soccer games mean an attempted murder charge, Cyprus justice minister says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1257846\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cyprus-soccer-violence-hooligans-AP-320x200.jpg?v=1706187787\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cyprus-soccer-violence-hooligans-AP-scaled.jpg?v=1706187786\" alt=\"Marine flares fired at soccer games mean an attempted murder charge, Cyprus justice minister says\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cyprus-soccer-violence-hooligans-AP-960x600.jpg?v=1706187788\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>Fans throw flares in the pitch before the Cyprus&#8217; cup soccer match between AEL and Apollon at Alpha Mega stadium in Kolossi near Limassol, Cyprus, on Jan. 24, 2024. [AP]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>A spectator arrested for firing marine flares against rivals at a soccer match will face a minimum charge of attempted murder, Cyprus\u2019 justice minister said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Marios Hartsiotis told reporters that police will be \u201charsh and unflinching\u201d with fans using marine flares at soccer matches and he\u2019s fully behind the new police leadership\u2019s get-touch approach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTruly, some just don\u2019t want to smarten up \u2026 I want to make this abundantly clear to everyone that the police will be harsh and unflinching against these kinds of phenomena,\u201d Hartsiotis said.<\/p>\n<p>He made the remarks after a marine flare struck a motorcycle police officer who was escorting the Apollon Limassol team bus to a stadium before Thursday night\u2019s match against crosstown rival AEL.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the officer sustained minor burns to his right hip and damage to his hearing.<\/p>\n<p>The match, attended by about 5,000 fans and overseen by 182 police officers, went off without any trouble.<\/p>\n<p>But police were later called to the AEL basketball team\u2019s indoor arena where trophy stands were smashed, sports equipment and uniforms destroyed, and other arena installations damaged.<\/p>\n<p>Police Chief Themistos Arnaoutis ordered an internal probe into whether law enforcement authorities failed to take any precautionary measures to prevent the damage since the arena was being guarded at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement has long pledged to crack down on soccer-related violence that continues to plague the sport in Cyprus.<\/p>\n<p>Hartsiotis said his ministry was moving swiftly to introduce new, tougher legislation against soccer violence and to curb unruly behavior by fan clubs.<\/p>\n<p>[AP]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/sports\/1257846\/marine-flares-fired-at-soccer-games-mean-an-attempted-murder-charge-cyprus-justice-minister-says\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans throw flares in the pitch before the Cyprus&#8217; cup soccer match between AEL and Apollon at Alpha Mega stadium in Kolossi near Limassol, Cyprus, on Jan. 24, 2024. 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