World Cup is here and so are the hooligans. Police in South Africa have recently deported 10 Argentine football hooligans who were suspected of trying to disrupt the World Cup. South African police has deported 10 members of infamous ‘brava brava’ group after they received a list of 800 names from Argentina.
Hooliganism has always been a part of football. It is also known as the second sport of Great Britain. Though England is at 6th spot in worst and violent nations of the world(Serbia is at the first spot).
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In 1970′s and 1980′s hooligans were often dubbed as THE ENGLISH DISEASE and they have worldwide reputation of hooliganism.
South African government has come up with special prison for the hooligans. Along with that 54 courts have been set up so that matters related to hooligans can be tackled. The courts will run in two shifts and will run as fast track courts and will carry on the cases till 25th July.
Deputy Justice Minister Andries Nel said.“The courts are ready. A large number of acting magistrates have been appointed this week and practice runs have taken place at these courts,” Nel told BuaNews.
Nel warned the courts would not hesitate in dealing with criminals during the soccer tournament.
“Any hooligans or criminals who try their luck during the World Cup will also feel something – the red card of the law,” he said.
Along with that there will a team of 12 police officers from UK who will be in South Africa and thus will help the police in solving the menace of football hooligans.
And it is said that after Argentine hooligans it is time for English fans.
Sending some of them away may be in their best interest according to a piece in the British tabloid, The Sun, about gang violence and tough policing in Cape Town, where England will be playing against Algeria on June 18.
Local gangs in Cape Town will also be a problem in this World Cup.
But it’s not just the gangs that unruly fans in Cape Town should watch out for, according to the Sun(a British tabloid). South Africa’s hardened police aren’t feeling very tolerant of hooligans, either.
“If you act like a hooligan here then you are a hooligan under my rules,” Cape Town’s metro police chief, Rob Young, told the Sun. “We don’t shoot water cannons, we shoot rubber bullets. Do your hooligans burn schools, do they carry machetes? If not they’re meek and mild as far as I’m concerned. We deal with real hooligans.”
There will be many behind the scenes action this World Cup too. Let us wait and watch for this……..
