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1 dead, five injured as Morocco football fans clash
 
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Wed, 25 Sep 2019   ||   Nigeria,
 

Authorities on Wednesday said one person was killed and five injured in clashes between rival football fans after a cup tie near the Moroccan city of Casablanca.

“A group of supporters of Wydad Casablanca (club) stopped a vehicle carrying fans of AS FAR Rabat, throwing stones and the situation degenerated,” they said in a statement.

They said one person died of his injuries after “falling from on top of the vehicle” and five others were hospitalised.

Police made six arrests over the violence which followed a 3-1 defeat for the home club.

Football violence is common in Morocco costing the lives of supporters in March 2016, after which authorities temporarily cracked down on radical supporters clubs.

 

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