The Prosecutor’s Office opens an investigation into the racist insults to Nico Williams in the Metropolitano

The Provincial Prosecutor’s Office of Madrid has decided to open an investigation to clarify the identity of those who uttered racist insults against Nico Williams in the stadium Metropolitan City. The Athletic Club player, who already testified on May 6 at a Bilbao police station, was on his way to take a corner kick when he received guttural sounds imitating a monkey by the stands in which the Atlético Front is located.

In its statement, the Prosecutor’s Office explains that what happened may constitute a crime of injury to dignity of the player or his integrity, and, as a first measure, he has ordered the Provincial Police Information Brigade to find out the identity of those who were involved in what happened.

Racist chants

The authorities already identified one of the alleged aggressors a week after what happened, which is why Atlético de Madrid announced their expulsion as a subscriber to the animation stand “for an indefinite period while his case is resolved in the competent sanctioning bodies”.

Furthermore, and in order to facilitate this investigation work, the Prosecutor’s Office has also asked the club to provide all the images it has of that match that was held on April 27 and that ended with a 3-1 in favor of the club. Atlético de Madrid. Nico Williams scored the only goal for the Bilbao team that night, and did not hesitate to point out your skin color to vindicate themselves just ten minutes after the racist chants.

“I went to take the corner and I heard monkey sounds. There have been few. There are stupid people everywhere. I hope this changes little by little. I celebrated it like this, with anger, it is not normal to be insulted because of your color of skin,” the footballer himself explained after the match.

What happened was also reflected in the match report, where the field referee, Juan Martínez Munuera, explained that “from the south stand a sound imitating a monkey ‘UH, UH’ was heard”, which is why who decided to stop the game.

“At that precise moment the anti-racism protocol was activated, indicating to the Atlético de Madrid delegate that the match could not be resumed until it was communicated over the public address system that these attitudes had to stop and that, if they were repeated, we should stop again. but this time everyone entering the locker room,” explains the referee’s report, who resumed the match a minute later.

2024-05-17 13:02:13
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