Soccer Extreme : Serbian prosecutors will request that three soccer fan groups with a history of violence and suspected of recently killing a French fan be banned, a spokesman said yesterday.Tomo Zoric said the prosecutor’s office will submit a motion with Serbia’s Constitutional Court to formally ban the groups affiliated to Belgrade clubs Red Star, Partizan and Rad.
Partizan supporters are believed to be behind a brutal attack earlier this month on 28-year-old French football fan Brice Taton (pic.. RIP), who died in a Belgrade hospital on Tuesday.
Taton died of brain and other injuries he suffered during the September 17 attack ahead of the Europa League match between Partizan and French club Toulouse.
Police have arrested 10 people believed to have been involved in the attack.
They are expected to be charged with first-degree murder and face up to 40 years in prison.
“Those who charge someone with [baseball] bats to injure or kill better think twice, or they’ll end up in jail for 40 years,” Zoric told B-92 TV.
The hooligans are also believed to be behind the burning of the US Embassy in Belgrade in February last year during nationalist protests against the recognition of Kosovo by Western states.
The fan clubs are apparently infiltrated by far-right ultranationalist groups that have recently attacked foreigners and threatened a gay pride parade in Belgrade.
The state prosecutor last week requested a ban of two extremist groups that have advocated violence. (AP)