Some 60 fans were detained overnight and banned from the stadium as the Italian club played Dynamo Kyiv in Hamburg, German police said.
Several fans of Italian soccer club Lazio have been banned from attending their UEFA Europa League match against Dynamo kyiv in Hamburg after German police confiscated weapons from them, the club and police said.
The fans were arrested after trying to evade a police escort near the city hall and were subsequently searched by riot police.
“After the group attempted to evade police surveillance and ignored officers’ shouts, riot police stopped and controlled the group,” a police statement said Wednesday.
During the searches, five knives, six meat mallets, two wooden boards, a club, a pipe wrench and a barbecue grill were found, among other items.
Hamburg police said that around 60 fans of the Siere A team spent the night in the cells. The fans were held until Tuesday evening and remained in custody until Wednesday.
Lazio recorded a convincing 3-0 victory against the Ukrainian club.
The match was played in Hamburg due to the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.
Lazio fans have a long history of causing trouble and the club has been subject to numerous sanctions both in Serie A and Europe.
In March, an Italian fan was arrested in Munich for performing the Adolf Hitler salute before a Lazio match against Bayern Munich.
In March, before a Champions League match against Bayern Munich, an Italian among the 100 or so Lazio fans who sang fascist songs in the beer hall where Adolf Hitler founded the Nazi Party was arrested and fined for giving the Hitler salute.
A year earlier, a fan wearing a T-shirt with a reference to Hitler was banned for life by the Roman club from attending Lazio matches.
Also in 2022-23, Lazio were ordered to play a Serie A match with part of the Stadio Olimpico closed to spectators after fans directed racist chants at opposition players.
