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Violent riots in Cup final in Poland

Heftige Krawalle bei Pokalfinale in PolenRiots overshadowed the Polish Cup final © SID-IMAGES/Getty Images /.

Fierce rioting have overshadowed the Polish Pokafinale between Legia Warszawa and Lech Poznan (5: 4) in Bydgoszcz. The Government has announced tough consequences.


The Government in Warsaw, Bydgoszcz (SID) - after further football riots in the EM host country Poland has announced hard consequences. On Tuesday evening, fierce rioting had overshadowed the Pokafinale between Legia Warszawa and Lech Poznan (5: 4) in Bydgoszcz.


Hooligans of the playing field, demolished advertising gangs, damaged an auditorium and attacked photographers stormed after the final whistle. Only through the use of water cannons, the police could bring the situation under control.


"There will be a strong reaction of the Government." "So it can not continue", said Government spokesman Pawel Gras. Meanwhile, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has switched. Tusk told to the police and the Minister of the Interior to give him details of the acts of violence.


The European Football Union (UEFA) had repeatedly criticized in the past for hooligan violence Poland who destroyed the "image of the country". The Polish Government announced stricter laws for Euro 2012, which will be held in Poland and the Ukraine.


Polish hooligans during a match of the national team in Lithuania had riots in March. The Lithuanian police had tear gas had to use on outside of the Stadium against the several hundred anarchists.