Arrested During a Match: Footballer Taken Away in Front of Teammates and Spectators
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At a Croatian lower league football match in Baranja, spectators witnessed a scene not often seen on sports fields. During the match, police arrested a Serbian football player who was allegedly glorifying convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić on social media.
A SERBIAN footballer (37) was arrested in Baranja during a match for posting a photo of Ratko Mladić on Facebook.
The president of the Association of Serbs from the region, Miodrag Linta, stated that the arrest of Serbian football player B. J. (37) from Sombor in the middle of a match in Bolman near Beli Manastir is a new and dangerous example of the pressure and intimidation to which Serbs are exposed in Croatia.
Police arrested him at the stadium during the first half in front of his teammates and the crowd.
Drama in Baranja: Footballer arrested in the middle of a match for posting about Ratko Mladić, so the court fined him and expelled him from Croatia
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