From Soccernet:
Spain in mourning after fan's death
Simon Baskett
MADRID, Oct 8 (Reuters) - A 31-year-old fan of Spanish soccer club Deportivo Coruna died following violent incidents after their King's Cup match against third division side Santiago Compostela on Tuesday.
A spokesperson from the Santiago hospital where the man was taken following the game said that medical workers were unable to resusciate Manuel Rios Suarez and that he was dead on arrival at the hospital's casualty unit.
Local government officer Jose Manuel Perez told Spanish national radio that Rios, a father or two, had been attacked by a member of Deportivo's radical group of fans after he had tried to intervene to prevent an attack on a young boy wearing a Compostela shirt outside the stadium.
Spanish media said that Rios, who had attended the match together with his wife and a friend, collapsed moments after being kicked violently in the side chest by the aggressor, who had apologised for the attack after realising that Rios was a Deportivo fan.
No arrests have yet been made in connection with the incident.
An autopsy was due to be carried out on the victim's body later on Wednesday to determine the precise cause of death.
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The game, which ended in a 1-0 victory for Deportivo, was marred by a series of violent incidents in and around the stadium which resulted in injuries to both police and spectators.
In a separate incident at another King's Cup match in Castellon, referee Jesus Tellez Sanchez suspended the tie when he was hit on the head by a mobile phone battery thrown from the crowd after he awarded a penalty in favour of visiting side Valencia in the closing minutes of the game.
When questioned about the incidents Spain's Minister of the Interior Angel Acebes expressed the need for renewed action to halt the increase in football-related violence.
'We have to apply the full force of the law to reduce this type of violence to the minimum,' he said.
'Nowhere in the world has managed to end it completely, but we have to take constant measures to reduce it as much as possible and isolate violent conduct in football stadia.'
The Spanish Football League (LFP) said that the rising tide of violence was a social problem rather than one connected with the sport of football.
'Normally the people involved in these incidents are delinquents that go to the matches, not fans,' LFP spokesman Toni Fidalgo told Europapress.
'I would like to send my condolences to the families and we are worried by these events, but we cannot heap the blame for all the violence in society on football.'
Spain in mourning after fan's death
Simon Baskett
MADRID, Oct 8 (Reuters) - A 31-year-old fan of Spanish soccer club Deportivo Coruna died following violent incidents after their King's Cup match against third division side Santiago Compostela on Tuesday.
A spokesperson from the Santiago hospital where the man was taken following the game said that medical workers were unable to resusciate Manuel Rios Suarez and that he was dead on arrival at the hospital's casualty unit.
Local government officer Jose Manuel Perez told Spanish national radio that Rios, a father or two, had been attacked by a member of Deportivo's radical group of fans after he had tried to intervene to prevent an attack on a young boy wearing a Compostela shirt outside the stadium.
Spanish media said that Rios, who had attended the match together with his wife and a friend, collapsed moments after being kicked violently in the side chest by the aggressor, who had apologised for the attack after realising that Rios was a Deportivo fan.
No arrests have yet been made in connection with the incident.
An autopsy was due to be carried out on the victim's body later on Wednesday to determine the precise cause of death.
REFEREE STRUCK
The game, which ended in a 1-0 victory for Deportivo, was marred by a series of violent incidents in and around the stadium which resulted in injuries to both police and spectators.
In a separate incident at another King's Cup match in Castellon, referee Jesus Tellez Sanchez suspended the tie when he was hit on the head by a mobile phone battery thrown from the crowd after he awarded a penalty in favour of visiting side Valencia in the closing minutes of the game.
When questioned about the incidents Spain's Minister of the Interior Angel Acebes expressed the need for renewed action to halt the increase in football-related violence.
'We have to apply the full force of the law to reduce this type of violence to the minimum,' he said.
'Nowhere in the world has managed to end it completely, but we have to take constant measures to reduce it as much as possible and isolate violent conduct in football stadia.'
The Spanish Football League (LFP) said that the rising tide of violence was a social problem rather than one connected with the sport of football.
'Normally the people involved in these incidents are delinquents that go to the matches, not fans,' LFP spokesman Toni Fidalgo told Europapress.
'I would like to send my condolences to the families and we are worried by these events, but we cannot heap the blame for all the violence in society on football.'
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