Police detain SIXTY armed fans with knives and other weapons after trying to avoid escort to Europa League clash

GERMAN constabulary person detained equipped Lazio fans up of the Europa League clash with Dynamo Kiev successful Hamburg.

About 60 distant fans were stopped by the authorities aft attempting to debar a constabulary escort.

Cops assertion the supporters were recovered to beryllium carrying knives, clubs and different weapons.

Those fans were checked precocious Tuesday and detained until Wednesday.

Lazio released a connection which confirmed the fans held overnight person been banned from attending the crippled astatine the Volksparkstadion.

However, the Serie A giants besides announced that determination were nary arrests.

Ukraine giants Dynamo are playing their location games successful Hamburg this play due to the fact that of the warfare successful their homeland aft Russia's amerciable invasion backmost successful 2022.

Lazio person been deed with galore sanctions some successful Serie A and Europe due to the fact that of instrumentality occupation passim the years.

Only past March, an Italian instrumentality sang fascist songs successful a brew hallway successful Germany wherever Adolf Hitler founded the Nazi enactment earlier a Champions League lucifer against Bayern Munich.

He was subsequently arrested and fined for giving a Hitler salute successful public.

A twelvemonth earlier, a instrumentality wearing a garment with a notation to Hitler was slapped with a beingness prohibition from attending Lazio matches by the Roman club.

Authorities reviewed information camera footage from wrong the Olimpico of the instrumentality wearing a Lazio garment that work “Hitlerson” and the No88, which is simply a numerical codification for “Heil Hitler”.

Two seasons ago, the Laziali were ordered to play a Serie A crippled with portion of their location crushed closed to spectators aft fans directed racist chants astatine opposing players.