(Reuters) – 5 males have been charged following dysfunction throughout Leicester Metropolis’s 3-1 win over Legia Warsaw in Thursday’s Europa League match, Leicestershire Police stated.
The incident befell within the second half of the match on the King Energy Stadium after Legia followers clashed with the police.
The police stated that through the incident, 14 officers had been assaulted and injured with two requiring hospital therapy.
Based on the police assertion https://www.leics.police.uk/information/leicestershire/information/2021/november/five-charged-following-disorder-at-lcfc-v-legia-warsaw, all 5 males had been charged with public order offences, with two of them additionally charged for “possession of a managed class B drug”, “one rely of assault and two counts of assault of an emergency employee”.
All 5 males are because of seem at Loughborough Magistrates’ Courtroom on Dec. 10, the police stated.
“A 30-year-old man arrested on suspicion of violent dysfunction and 24-year-old man arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency employee and possession of a managed class B drug have been launched on police bail pending additional enquiries,” the assertion added.
Reuters has requested remark from European soccer’s governing physique UEFA.
(Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru; Modifying by Sam Holmes)
