Agents of the National Police have arrested four people between 24 and 26 years old as allegedly responsible for a crime of inciting hatred as the main perpetrators of the racist hate campaign that occurred on social networks against the footballer Vinícius on the eve of the Atlético match -Real Madrid last September, police sources have informed Europa Press.
They incited fans who attended the stadium to utter humiliating and discriminatory insults with racist connotations. The massive viralization of this campaign turned the issue into a trending topic days before the confrontation, raising significant social alarm.
The investigation began on October 1 after receiving three complaints from the Professional Football League reporting a hate campaign on social networks, inciting fans of the local team who went to the stadium to shout humiliating and discriminatory insults, racial character, against a player from the rival team. In addition, they asked that they wear a mask to make their possible identification by the Police more difficult.
The massive viralization of this campaign, becoming a trending topic with almost one billion seven hundred million views, more than 7,000 tweets and almost 56,000 interactions, generated significant social alarm that was widely picked up by national and international media.
After the investigations carried out, with an exhaustive tracking and detailed analysis of the information obtained, the identification of the authors of the publications reported by the Professional Football League was achieved.
Finally, on October 14 and 15, four men were arrested as allegedly responsible for a crime of inciting hatred, and they were placed at the disposal of the judicial authority. The investigation remains open, so new arrests are not ruled out.
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