Zenit fans’ bus attacked ahead of Spartak Moscow game, criminal investigation launched

A bus with Zenit St. Petersburg fans was attacked in Tver Oblast on its way to Moscow, where their club had to play one of the most heated Russian derbies against Spartak Moscow on Sunday evening.

The number of offenders according to the regional police department’s website was about 30, all of them arriving in six cars. As a result of the attack a supporter of Zenit was taken to hospital with cuts to his arm from a broken window. According to Zenit press service the main purpose of the attackers was to intimidate the rival fans.

The police already managed to arrest a group of suspects. A criminal case was opened into the attack.