25-05-2025
Trouble mars Austrian title win for Sturm Graz
Sturm Graz players celebrate on stage after winning the Austrian Bundesliga soccer championship in front of the Merkur Arena in Graz. Erwin Scheriau/APA/dpa
Masked fans attacked stewards and police after Sturm Graz won the Austrian title and seven people were injured, authorities said on Sunday.
Saturday's scenes after the 1-1 home draw with Wolfsberger marred a second straight championship for Graz, who have broken the hegemony of Red Bull Salzburg.
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Police said some of those in masks were armed with sticks to beat stewards while officers who intervened were pelted with full rubbish bins, benches and tables, iron bars and glass bottles.
The authorities demanded that music at the fans' title party was stopped two hours before midnight.
A short time later, the fire alarm in the stadium's underground car park was allegedly set off deliberately and around 300 people then set off numerous pyrotechnic devices and obstructed traffic in front of a pub.
