Police arrest seven suspects for racist acts against Vinicius Jr

Four suspected of having hung a doll with the Brazilian’s shirt vini jr on a bridge in Madrid, Spain, were arrested this Tuesday morning, the 23rd. The act took place in January of this year, on the eve of the derby between Real Madrid It is Madrid’s athletic, for the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey. The Meringue team won the match 3-1, with a goal from the number 20.

The doll with the Real striker’s number was hung by Atlético fans and suggested that the Brazilian had been hanged. According to the police, the action arrested four men aged 19, 21, 23 and 24, three members of the “Frente Atlético” crowd.

The arrest of the four men, suspected of the act in January, took place two days after the Brazilian was again a victim of racism in Spain. During the duel between Real and Valence, Vini Jr pointed to the opposing crowd and indicated that he had been called a “monkey”. The game was stopped for eight minutes. The attacker was expelled in the final minutes after confusion with the goalkeeper Mamardashvili.

Spanish police detain suspects from Valencia fans

A few hours later, the National Police of Spain announced that it had arrested three other people suspected of crimes of racial injury and hatred against Vinicius Jr. Valencia fans were identified for uttering racist insults towards the Brazilian.