A Manchester City protagonist was hospitalised with life-threatening injuries aft being attacked pursuing a Champions League lucifer successful Belgium, prosecutors said.
The East Flanders prosecutor's bureau said the 63-year-old fan, who is Belgian, was attacked connected Tuesday nighttime by respective individuals successful a parking batch astatine a work station.
Five suspects person been arrested aft the incident, which took spot aft Man City's 5-1 triumph astatine Club Brugge.
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According to the investigation's archetypal findings, the instrumentality wore a Manchester City scarf.
One of the suspects took it distant from him wrong the presumption store and went outside.
"Subsequently, the unfortunate came into confrontation with respective suspects successful the car parkland and ended up connected the crushed aft a carnal aggression," the prosecutor's bureau said successful a statement.
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City said it was moving with constabulary successful Belgium and Manchester to found much accusation astir the incident.
The Belgian nine said the protagonist was connected his mode backmost location from watching the lucifer astatine Jan Breydel Stadium.
"Our thoughts and champion wishes spell retired to the household and friends of the Belgian-based supporter, who remains successful hospital," City said successful a statement.
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