Hampshire Police launch appeal after Saints fan struck by gas canister

Police hunt Liverpool fan after a seven-year-old Southampton fan was hit in the face by gas canister thrown from the away end at St Mary’s

  • Hampshire Police launched appeal after Southampton fan struck by gas canister
  • Young fan suffered minor injuries after canister thrown from Liverpool section 
  • Canister thrown into home end after Roberto Firmino scored for Liverpool 

Hampshire Police have launched an appeal to identify a man after a young Southampton supporter was hit in the face with a gas canister thrown from the Liverpool end at St Mary’s last weekend. 

The seven-year-old fan suffered minor injuries after a nitrous oxide canister was thrown from the away supporters’ section of the Northam Stand during Southampton’s game at home to Liverpool last Saturday.  

The canister was thrown into the home end, where the boy was sitting, shortly after Roberto Firmino had scored Liverpool’s second goal. 

Hampshire Police have launched an appeal to identify a man after a young Southampton supporter was struck with a gas canister thrown from the Liverpool end

Hampshire Police want to speak to a man in connection with the incident.

Anybody who has any information about the incident has been asked to call 101, quoting 44190293624. 

Liverpool won the game 2-1, with Sadio Mane and Firmino scoring for the visitors before Danny Ings got a goal back for Southampton.  

The seven-year-old fan suffered minor injuries after a nitrous oxide canister was thrown from the away supporters’ section of the Northam Stand during Southampton’s game at home to Liverpool last weekend 

In April, a nine-year-old Chelsea fan with special needs and learning difficulties needed first aid treatment after Liverpool fans threw a smoke bomb into the away section at Anfield during a Premier League match.

Donte Patterson-Stanley had to be taken to the stadium’s first aid area after inhaling the smoke, where paramedics checked him over and immediately put him on a nebuliser to open up his airways.

He had red, itchy and watery eyes and was coughing non-stop as a result. The experience left the youngster ‘confused and anxious’.




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