A case was opened against the hockey players after the match with the FSB team

A criminal case of hooliganism was initiated in Birobidzhan against the players of the “Tafgai” hockey team after an amateur match with the team of the FSB regional office. The reason was a fight on the ice. The players of “Tafgay” are arrested, reports Sibir.Realii.

As the Baza publication explains, “Tafgai” played with the UFSB team in the spring. The match was tense, there was a fight between the teams. Baza notes that usually in such cases guilty hockey players are punished with penalty minutes on the bench. However, this time after the competition five players of “Tafgai” were arrested for five days and fined, and the organizers of the tournament announced their disqualification.

In June, the case received a new development: it became known that a criminal case was instituted against the amateur hockey players under the article “hooliganism committed by a group of persons based on a preliminary conspiracy related to resistance to a representative of the authorities.” Three of them received subscriptions not to leave.

On September 26, the police detained two of the players. The investigation asks to arrest them due to the fact that they have foreign passports and they may try to hide from justice.

According to the article, amateur hockey players may face up to seven years in prison.