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World Service,21 May 2016,9 mins

Yugoslavia Football Riot

Sporting Witness

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In May 1990, a riot broke out at a football match between Red Star Belgrade and Dinamo Zagreb. The violence between rival Serbian and Croatian fans highlighted nationalist tensions in Yugoslavia which would explode into war a year later. Rebecca Kesby talks to sports journalist, Tomislav Zhidak, who was at the game. PHOTO: The Dinamo Zagreb player, Zvonimir Boban, fights a police officer (AP)

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