Three spectators were arrested this Saturday during a security operation at a handball derby between Benfica and Sporting CP: one for attacking the lion captain Salvador Salvador, another for harassing the authorities, and a third for failing to comply with the ban.
A police source confirmed these arrests to the Lusa agency at Pavilhão n.º 2 Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, where Sporting beat Benfica 34–30 to reach the final four of the Portuguese Handball Cup.
The same source explained that a Benfica fan was detained after the game for attacking the “green and white” player El Salvador El Salvador, and a Sporting fan was detained for assaulting an official.
Earlier, a source in the Office for the Prevention and Combating Violence in Sports (APCVD) had already told Lusa that a “red” fan had been detained in the enclosure for failing to comply with the ban on sports facilities.
According to the same source, detained for 24 years, he is a Benfica fan and in September 2022 the APCVD imposed a ban on sports venues due to pyrotechnics, which was intercepted by the Public Security Police (PSP) during the trial. to access the bench of the “red” building.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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