The Japanese football club Gamba Osaka was fined 2 million yen (17.5 thousand dollars) for the fact that the flags of the team's fans were marked with symbols similar to the Nazi. This Thursday, May 11, reports BBC News. The incident occurred on April 16 during the match of the national championship with "Cerezo Osaka". On the platform was observed a flag with symbols that met on the banners of the SS. The club identified the perpetrators and forbade them to visit the stadium. In addition, in the arena, a ban on all flags and banners in the stands.

After 10 rounds of national championship "Gamba Osaka" with 19 points takes the third place in the table. In 2013, the Moscow "Spartak" sued a fan of the club, who hung out on the platform flag with a swastika in the match of the championship of Russia with "Shinnik". The fan received seven days of administrative arrest, the red and white were punished with two matches without spectators. The damage from meetings held at empty stands was estimated at 45 million rubles.

Original article: The Japanese club was fined for flags similar to the SS symbols.