The fan riots at the Conference League game of 1. FC Köln at French club OGC Nice on September 8 now have criminal consequences.
In the one at the prosecutor’s office Cologne pending preliminary investigations, the police have executed arrest warrants issued by the district court of Cologne against those suspected of being involved in the crime. This was announced by the Cologne police headquarters on Wednesday (October 5th, 2022).
Houses in Cologne, Hürth, Pulheim and Bergisch Gladbach searched
Accordingly, investigators had been searching apartments and houses in Cologne, Hürth, Pulheim and Bergisch Gladbach since the early hours of the morning with the support of the riot police.
The public prosecutor’s office and the police intend to announce further details on the status of the investigation and the results of the operation at 2 p.m. at the Cologne police headquarters.
Of the 1. FC Cologne has already been fined by UEFA for the fan riots. The Rhinelanders were fined 100,000 euros, and no tickets may be sold to FC fans in the next two away games in the Conference League.
The firing of pyrotechnics, the throwing of objects and the unrest in the stands at the game in Nice were penalized.
