Thursday, January 14, 2016

UK: Southampton fans make fascist salutes, hissing sounds at Jewish fans


Via Times of Israel:
Two fans of the Southampton soccer club have been banned from attending English Premier League games for three years for making “fascist salutes” and “racist gestures” at Jewish fans during a recent match.

Thomas Flynn, 22, and Michael Haydon, 23, pleaded guilty to using threatening, abusive and insulting behavior in a religiously-aggravated public order offense, the Daily Mail Online reported. The men were charged for their behavior at a Dec. 19 Premier League match between Southampton and the Tottenham Hotspur.

Haydon, who had been drinking since morning, and Flynn also reportedly made hissing sounds meant to resemble the sounds of Nazi gas chambers.

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The two Jewish fans who reported the incident — one of whom said he had lost relatives in the Holocaust — also reported hearing chants of “gas the Jews.” Tottenham has traditionally had a large Jewish fanbase.

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