A 20-year-old man remains intubated in the burns unit of Nicosia general hospital following an incident before the start of the Anorthosis-Apollona football game in Larnaca on Saturday.
He was seriously burned during an incident before the start of the match at the Antonis Papadopoulos stadium.
Fans of the two sides started small fires with fireworks in a field opposite the stadium which were put out by members of the police and the fire service. Five police cars were also damaged in the incident.
During the exchange the 20-year-old suffered burns to various parts of his body.
Because of the seriousness of the burns, he was intubated and taken by ambulance to the burns unit at Nicosia general.
Exactly how he came to be injured is being investigated by Larnaca CID.
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