Normally incidents in football stadiums are handled with an administrative fine. But in this case, the Antwerp public prosecutor’s office takes the facts seriously: “It concerns a clear action against supporters of another team, who are packed in a section of a stadium, who have no other way out at that moment. physical integrity is at stake. Throwing a flare in those circumstances is totally unacceptable and criminal behavior,” says Kristof Aerts of the prosecutor’s office. The public prosecutor therefore asked the investigating judge to arrest the man, and that is what happened. He is suspected of attempted manslaughter, attempted arson in a building where people were present and threats.
