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Last Updated:June 19, 2025, 14:21 IST
Al-Ittihad led 1-0 before referee Fabio Joss Costa was left injured by a protesting substitute following the goal. Amid the commotion, fans of Al-Ahli stormed the pitch.
Fans of Al-Ahly attacked security personnel and set the Al-Ittihad team bus and a police vehicle ablaze in Libya.
Pandemonium erupted in the Libyan Capital City of Tripoli on Thursday as the derby between Al-Ittihad and Al-Ahly had to be abandoned following a nasty case of fan turbulence.
Al-Ittihad got their noses in front with a goal in the 39th minute of the first period of the game between the heated rivals, before Portuguese referee Fabio Joss Costa was left injured by a protesting substitute player. Amid the commotion, fans of Al-Ahli stormed the pitch in large numbers. The ruckus got out of hand, and the players and match officials had to escape the pitch due to safety concerns.
However, outside the stadium, things got even more heated up as fans of Al-Ahly attacked security personnel and set the Al-Ittihad team bus and a police vehicle ablaze. It has also been reported that security had to use excessive force against fans at the club’s headquarters.
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Fans of Al-Ahly attributed the disturbance as a reaction to an act of provocation by one of the Al-Ittihad players in an absolutely mercurial scene in the Capital City of the African nation.
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