A Rabat court has sentenced 18 detained Senegal football supporters to prison terms ranging from three months to one year over disorder during the Africa Cup of Nations final in January.
The defendants were tried on charges described as “rioting,” covering violence including against security forces, damage to sports equipment, a pitch invasion and throwing projectiles.
The supporters had previously denied committing any offences during the match, which the source text described as chaotic and which ended with Senegal winning 1–0 after extra time.
The public prosecutor’s office at the Rabat primary court, represented by a deputy to the king’s prosecutor, asked the court to convict the Senegal supporters alongside an Algerian national who was also detained in connection with the incident.
In his submissions during Thursday’s hearing, the prosecutor said all the defendants, who appeared in custody, were involved in acts linked to the running of a sporting fixture and fell under what is commonly referred to as stadium hooliganism.
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