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Saturday, November 8, 2025
Cops arrest 6 over riot involving fans of soccer rivals Bnei Sakhnin and Maccabi Hafai
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePolice arrested six soccer fans this evening after a riot broke out at the end of a match between the Bnei Sakhnin and Maccabi Haifa teams.
The brawl took place outside the stadium, in the streets of the northern Arab city, police say. Locals tell Israel Hayom that Maccabi Haifa fans stormed a nearby restaurant and vandalized property there. Footage from the scene shows a crowd of people sporting the team’s black and green colors rushing toward a restaurant in the city.
Border Police officers are later filmed forcefully detaining the suspected rioters. One of the fans, after being carried out of the restaurant by police, is seen resisting arrest as several cops try to subdue him.
Two people are injured in the altercation. Both are taken by paramedics to receive medical treatment, one with moderate injuries and the other only lightly hurt.
Police add that other fans who lit pyrotechnics during the game have been banned for 60 days from the city’s Doha Stadium and fined NIS 6,000 ($1,840) by Northern District police.
אלימה קשה בין קבוצות אוהדי מכבי חיפה ובני סכנין לאחר התיקו בין הקבוצות. שוטרי המחוז הצפוני עצרו עד כה 6 מעורבים בתגרה האלימה. לפחות 2 אוהדים קיבלו טיפול רפואי ופונו לבי"ח @N12News pic.twitter.com/L1rDvrlmUA
— אור רביד | Or Ravid (@OrRavid) November 8, 2025
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