He police operation carried out by the Ministry of the Interior for him classic between Peñarol vs Nacional in the Champion of the Century came out “as scheduled and planned“, the person in charge of the procedure and deputy director of the Republican Guard, José González, said at a press conference.
“Inside the area of operations we had five detainees, all older. Two of them, through violence and threats with firearms and knives, stole a flag from members of Peñarol,” González told the press, according to Telemundo.
For that fact, that It happened near Los Céspedesthe Nacional training complex, the Police arrested two Nacional fans before the classic.
Gonzalez pointed out that besides those five peoplewas three other detainees: two for disorder and another for trying to enter fireworks. That brought the total number of people detained to eight.
In addition, also before the match but outside the area of the operation, the Police had to transfer a Peñarol fan gunshot wound to the abdomen.
“Outside the area of operations we had two incidents: one with a gunshot wound that he was transferred by the Police to the Capitán Tula polyclinic, stable and out of danger; and other stab woundwho was transferred to a care center and discharged,” explained González.
After the game, which was played without visiting fans (that is, Nacional in this case), the police officers, who totaled 600 troops in the area of the operation, continued to patrol the surrounding streets to avoid excesses.
