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Mass brawl mars Greek volleyball
BBC ^ | March 30 2007

Posted on 04/03/2007 9:40:32 AM PDT by xp38

A man has died and at least six people have been injured in a mass brawl between rival women's volleyball fans near the Greek capital Athens.

A pitched battle took place between fans of Olympiakos Piraeus and Panathinaikos in the Peania area. It was at a spot away from the stadium.

Witnesses say about 300 fans fought with clubs, knives and stones.

Police detained 18 people. Greek media reports suggested the fans had arranged the fight ahead of the match.

The Greek news website Ekathimerini says a 22-year-old who was driving by at the time was stabbed in the leg by hooligans who attacked his car.

Doctors said the 25-year-old who died had head injuries and stab wounds.

Three shops and two cars were damaged in the fighting.

"They were jumping on our car for five minutes, they were asking for our cellphones and stabbed our driver," one witness was quoted as saying.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: greece; hooligans; womensvolleyball
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A few days old but still it makes you shake your head. Someone dies over womens volleyball!?
1 posted on 04/03/2007 9:40:34 AM PDT by xp38
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To: xp38

TTIUWP!


2 posted on 04/03/2007 9:41:51 AM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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To: xp38

Well, some of those female volleyball players are pretty hot, but I can't see killing a fella over it.

Owl_Eagle

If what I just wrote made you sad or angry,
it was probably just a joke.


3 posted on 04/03/2007 9:42:32 AM PDT by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: xp38

Since Greek wrestlers wrestle in the nude, do Greek volleyballers volleyball in the nude?


4 posted on 04/03/2007 9:43:16 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: xp38

Greek athletics just haven’t been the same since the advent of clothes.


5 posted on 04/03/2007 9:44:33 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (http://www.virginiaisforrudy.com * http://wardsmythe.com * http://www.rudyblogs.com)
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Witnesses say about 300 fans fought with clubs, knives and stones.

Go tell the Spikers, volleyball fan passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie.

6 posted on 04/03/2007 9:45:18 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: xp38
While American violence over sports is not unknown (the 1984 Detroit Tigers' World Series win, college fans who burn couches and overturn dumpsters when their teams win and when they lose), I am constantly surprised how much real violence there is abroad, particularly in Europe, over sports. Soccer hooliganism is the most famous but hardly the only example.
7 posted on 04/03/2007 9:46:06 AM PDT by untenured
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To: xp38

Sounds like the NBA’s All-Star weekend.

I don’t think anyone died, though.


8 posted on 04/03/2007 9:47:19 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: Tijeras_Slim
"We order you to turn over your volleyballs."

"Molon Labe!"

9 posted on 04/03/2007 10:00:23 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Parker v. DC: the best court decision of the year.)
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To: xp38

Not exactly Marathon or Thermopylae but I guess it’s a start.


10 posted on 04/03/2007 10:01:12 AM PDT by Inwoodian
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To: xp38

Womens’ volleyball: At last, something even less relevant than the WNBA.


11 posted on 04/03/2007 10:02:30 AM PDT by -=SoylentSquirrel=-
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To: xp38

I was confused by the title. I thought that somewhere in Massachusets some people—possibly gay—started a fight while playing a new form of volleyball, perhaps using olive oil and uzzo for sunscreen.


12 posted on 04/03/2007 10:09:47 AM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: xp38

any pics of the Greek girls gone wild?


13 posted on 04/03/2007 10:15:05 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (Time to eradicated islambs and mooselimbs! GO PTSC)
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

Well they kind of frown here on FR when you change the title/headline. :) I’m not sure anyone at the BBC knows that Mass is short for that state in New England. :)


14 posted on 04/03/2007 10:16:01 AM PDT by xp38
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To: US_MilitaryRules

As a Freeper, I like to keep on top of such things...

15 posted on 04/03/2007 10:39:02 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: US_MilitaryRules

16 posted on 04/03/2007 10:44:24 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: xp38

What amazes me is that anyone could watch women’s volleyball and only be interested in fighting...


17 posted on 04/03/2007 10:51:08 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: xp38

Mother of all catfights


18 posted on 04/03/2007 10:52:05 AM PDT by fso301
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To: MoochPooch; Michael81Dus; Vicomte13; az_gila; Experiment 6-2-6; henkster; CT-Freeper; ...

Europe pinglist.


19 posted on 04/03/2007 10:53:24 AM PDT by Jedi Master Pikachu ( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
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To: BurbankKarl

Proof positive, there, that God loves us and wants to see us happy.


20 posted on 04/03/2007 11:44:09 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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