Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Football hooligans fight downtown Sofia, 42 arrested

| updated on 10/21/17 8:00 PM
Photo: BGNES

Fans of the Levski and CSKA football teams got into a fight on the Evlogi and Hristo Georgievi Blvd. downtown Sofia. One person is slightly injured and a total of 42 have been arrested. The two groups ran into each other on their way to the Vassil Levski Stadium around 2:40 pm and a clash followed, the interior ministry reports. The police officers deployed nearby interfered immediately and arrested several fans. The enhanced police presence along the streets downtown will remain after the end of the match as well, for security reasons.




Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

More than 330 producers and traders from Bulgaria and abroad present food and beverages at international forum in Sofia

The international specialized exhibitions Meatmania, the World of Milk, Bulpek, Interfood & Drink and the Wine & Spirits show start in Sofia. In the period November 13 to November 16, at the Inter Expo Center, more than 330..

published on 11/13/24 10:02 AM

President Rumen Radev opens energy forum at COP29

On November 13, in the Bulgarian pavilion at COP29, President Rumen Radev together with the Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, will open an energy forum, the press office of the head of state reported.  The forum will..

published on 11/13/24 7:45 AM

It will be cloudy over Bulgaria with precipitation and snowfalls

On Wednesday night, there will be rain showers in the south-western regions of the country. At 500 meters above sea level the rain will turn to snow. There will be no precipitation in the north-western regions of Bulgaria. During..

published on 11/12/24 6:50 PM