Tel Aviv District Court convicts three members of La Familia, a group of far-right football fans of Beitar Jerusalem soccer team, are indicted for a string of violent offences.
The convictions are over involvement in a violent brawl with Hapoel Tel Aviv supporters in which a supporter was badly injured by an ax. Earlier this year, 16 other members of the group were found guilty for involvement in the June 2016 attack.
Beitar Jerusalem fans protest the decision to sign two Chechen Muslims players Zaur Sadayev and Gabriel Kadiev, February 1, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
David Magidish, 30, was found guilty of plotting to commit a crime and aggravated assault and Aviv Betzalel, 22, and Eliad Moshe, 32, were found guilty of plotting to commit a crime, aggravated assault and endangering lives on public transport.
The attack led to a crackdown on the ultra-nationalist fan group in which dozens of members were arrested on suspicion of selling weapons, various acts of violence, smuggling firecrackers onto soccer fields, as well as several drug-related offenses. Several cases are ongoing.
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