"Malatia Is Armenian Town" Slogans Caused

"MALATIA IS ARMENIAN TOWN" SLOGANS CAUSED COLLISION IN TURKEY

PanARMENIAN.Net
07.09.2007 16:48 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A collision took place before a football match
between Elyazig-Spor and Diarbekir teams in the Turkish town of
Malatia September 5.

Young people from Elyazig cried out slogans "Malatia is Armenian
town". As result of mass disorders the police arrested 3 brawlers. 2
were taken to hospital.

Later the guests repeated their slogans during the match. Malatia’s
security department chief Osman Kakhyan is Armenian, they said. The
policemen pushed the disturbers to the stadium’s toilet and beat them,
the Armenian Public Television reports.