Police in Uganda have arrested at least eight Arsenal fans in the city of Jinja after celebrating the club’s win against Manchester United in the English Premier League.
The fans were wearing the club’s red jersey and carrying a symbolic trophy.
The Arsenal fans were traveling in a convoy of five vehicles on Monday morning when they were intercepted by police. One of them was carrying a trophy they had bought at a local store.
Speaking on why the fans were arrested, the police said the Arsenal fans have no permit to carry out such a procession.
“I don’t know what we have done but we were simply celebrating our victory over rivals Manchester United,” Arsenal fan Baker Kasule is quoted as saying by the local Daily Monitor news site.
James Mubi, the regional police boss and a self-declared Arsenal fan, said dismissing the suggestion that the arrest was linked to the frequent arrest of members of an opposition party who also wear red.
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