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Five police injured during post-match riot in Switzerland

Sun, 16 Dec 2018 17:19:04 +0100

Five police officers have been injured in Switzerland during a post-match riot involving supporters of rival football clubs that also caused "massive" property damage, police said Sunday.

Zurich football hooligans disrupt rail service

Mon, 13 Apr 2015 10:00:03 +0200

Rowdy football supporters of FC Zurich pulled the emergency brake on a train carrying them home from a game, walked on to the tracks and smashed windows in Pratteln in the canton of Basel-Country, disrupting rail travel on Sunday night.

Zurich football hooligans block railway line

Mon, 28 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0200

Football hooligans disrupted rail traffic between Basel and Zurich on Sunday after officials from Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) took security measures that paralyzed trains on the line for about an hour.

Zurich voters endorse crackdown on hooligans

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 20:29:00 +0200

The Swiss canton of Zurich voted overwhelmingly Sunday to crack down on hooligans, including restricting movements of fans, after violence at several football and hockey matches.

Football fan loses fingers in firecracker blast

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:13:39 +0100

As FC Zurich players struggled at Lazio’s stadium in Rome on Thursday, panic swept the stands of the Swiss supporters when a firecracker exploded in the hands of a fan.

Police release shocking hooligan videos

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:23:21 +0200

Zürich police have released two previously unseen videos showing violent FC Basel fans attacking riot police in a coordinated offensive outside Zürich-Letzigrund stadium in May.