The National Police has identified three men who are investigated as alleged perpetrators of a crime of degrading treatment towards an arbitrator , who was insulted and threatened with death during a football match played in the "La Isla" field of Logroño.

As detailed on Saturday in a note by the Chief of Police of La Rioja , the events occurred on the 19th, in a match between the Berceo Sports Club and the Arnedo Sports Club.

The alleged perpetrators of the insults and threats are three men of 19, 21 and 27 years of age, respectively, all Spaniards and neighbors of Arnedo , who have been identified and have already appeared before the Police, as investigators.

The events occurred last Saturday, in the last ten minutes of the meeting when an arbitration decision was not well received by several fans of the visiting team, the Arnedo Sports Club .

The spectators went to the referee in a "degrading" way, according to the Police, with insults and threats such as: "daughter of a bitch", "whore", "we are going to kill you", "go to scrub", "we know where you live "," women are useless "," you are very bad "," this is not your thing "and" every weekend the same ".

Before such manifestations the referee of the meeting stopped the party and requested the presence of the delegates to identify the people who were increasing the collegiate, so the presence of a National Police patrol was required, which was responsible for the identification of one of the authors of the facts.

After the police proceedings carried out by the group in charge of the investigation of this type of crime in the sports field, the agents have managed to identify the other two perpetrators of the events , who were summoned at the police station to give a statement. The three investigated lacked a police record of any kind, the police said.

He recalled that this type of verbal behavior, such as insults and contempt that spilled on "The Island", may constitute violations of Law 19/2007 against violence, racism, xenophobia and intolerance in sport.

These behaviors provide for economic sanctions of a high amount and may also involve measures such as the prohibition of access to a sports venue.

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