Argentina Asks Russia to Deport Football Fans 'Who Brutally Beat Croatian'

MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) - Argentina’s Security Minister Patricia Bulrich asked Russia on Friday to deport Argentine football fans filmed attacking a Croatian after their team suffered a World Cup defeat.
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"Elia, Pardo, Eslejer and Catalan are the four hooligans identified in the video who brutally beat a Croatian citizen. We ask Russian authorities to detain and deport them," she wrote on Twitter.

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The video circulated on social media showed Argentine fans punching and kicking a man in Croatian team colors after their teams squared off in Nizhny Novgorod on Thursday. Argentine lost 0 to 3.

A spokesperson for Russia 2018 organizing committee told Sputnik that seven Argentinians faced administrative charges and would have their football fan passports voided.

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