FILE – Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior celebrates after scoring his facet’s second objective throughout the Champions League Group C soccer match between Real Madrid and Braga on the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. Spanish police have arrested an Atletico Madrid fan for utilizing racist language and demise threats to terrorize an eight-yr-outdated woman who was carrying a shirt of Real Madrid participant Vinícius Júnior. (AP Photo/Jose Breton, File)
The police mentioned the alleged perpetrator hurled racist insults and demise threats on the woman outdoors the stadium. He additionally hit the arm of the member of the family who was holding the woman earlier than being stopped by different followers.
Spanish police have arrested an Atletico Madrid fan for utilizing racist language and demise threats to terrorize an eight-yr-outdated woman who was carrying a shirt of Real Madrid participant Vinícius Júnior.
The little one suffered a “strong anxiety attack” because of the racist assault earlier than the sport at Atletico’s stadium final Sept. 24, Spain’s National Police mentioned on Thursday.
The police mentioned the alleged perpetrator hurled “racist insults and death threats” on the woman outdoors the stadium. He additionally “hit the arm of the family member who was holding” the woman earlier than being stopped by different followers.
The man was arrested on Wednesday, the police mentioned, after he was recognized utilizing video proof and finally situated.
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Vinícius, who’s Black, has been repeatedly subjected to racist assaults. That included the hanging of an effigy of the Brazilian ahead earlier than a sport with Atletico in January 2023. Four folks had been arrested for that incident. State prosecutors are looking for to place them in jail for 4 years if discovered responsible of the alleged hate crime.
