Five Hapoel Tel Aviv soccer fans suspected of rioting before a match two months ago will remain in custody until Thursday this week, a Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court judge rules, as police continue to crack down on the team’s ultras.
Police earlier today arrested 20 fans suspected of lighting flares and other pyrotechnics before a much-anticipated derby match in October, and say they are continuing their search for suspects.
Officers had been conducting an undercover investigation into the unrest for around a week, but this morning raided suspects’ homes and a warehouse belonging to the soccer club, going public with the probe dubbed “Bright Red.”
In today’s raid on the warehouse, police say they seized tear gas canisters, extendable batons and handheld radios.
The detainees are suspected of lighting flares in Tel Aviv’s Bloomfield Stadium the day of the match in a commotion that left four injured. Police seek to charge them with various weapons offenses as well as assault of a police officer.
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