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Argentina fans booted out

2010-06-16 13:08
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Pretoria - Seventeen Argentina fans considered a threat to World Cup stability would be deported following their detention by police on Wednesday morning, spokesperson Brigadier Sally de Beer said.

They had been seen at two matches allegedly trying to enter stadiums without tickets and had behaved in a disorderly fashion, roughing up other fans and "generally causing trouble", she said.

Police and their dog unit raided an establishment in Pretoria at 07:00 on Wednesday where 165 fans were staying.

"The group of 17 was handed over to the national immigration branch of the department of home affairs which will deal with their deportation," said De Beer.

Five other Argentinian fans, whose activities police were monitoring, voluntarily left the country on Wednesday morning. On June 12, the police said they had refused entry to 11 other Argentinians believed to be threat to security, and a British national who had a history of inciting racial violence.

The police referred to the Argentinians detained as "barra bravas", which according to website barrabrava.org, loosely means "brave fan" but literally translates to "it sweeps brave".

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