Serbia supporters displayed fascist slogans and aimed racist chants towards ethnic Albanians during their side’s match against Switzerland on Friday night, according to an eyewitness account given to the Observer. “I was completely dumbfounded to see the number of fascist slogans, T-shirts and flags,” Rrahmani said. Rrahmani says police were not interested in complaints relating to the items, or to three-fingered gestures considered offensive in many contexts. Fans also sang “Kosovo is the heart of Serbia”, related to their country’s refusal to recognise Kosovan independence, he says. “How on earth, in 2022, can you allow fans in a World Cup stadium to shout about killing another nation?

Source: The Guardian December 04, 2022 13:20 UTC