MADRID (AP) – Spanish police are detaining a fan who was accused of racially humiliating Killian Mbappe in a Spanish league match last month.
Police said Wednesday that fans were taken into custody after being identified during an investigation launched following an official complaint by the Spanish Federation.
Police said fans, who were not publicly identified, were accused of making monkey gestures and sounds at the Real Madrid star.
The humiliation took place in the second half of Madrid’s 3-0 victory at Oviedo on August 24, after Mbappé scored his first goal.
In recent years there has been a series of racist insults from fans against black Spanish players.
Last week, Espanyol fans, who were accused of shaming the racially humiliating Bilbao Ininayaki Williams during a Spanish League match five years ago, accepted a deal to avoid prison time.
In May, Five Balladrid Fans The racially humiliated Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior in 2022 was found guilty in his first sentence in Spain for accusing racist insults at a football stadium as a hate crime.
Last year, three Valencia fans were given eight months’ sentence after pleading guilty to racially insulting a case of racism-related insult in Spanish professional football (not based on hate crimes).
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