Tony Deogan (25 November 1975 – 2 August 2002) was a Swedish man killed in

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before a football match, when he suffered a brutal attack at the hands of supporters of another team.

Beating

Deogan became the first Swede to be killed as a result of

football hooliganism Football hooliganism, also known as soccer hooliganism, football rioting or soccer rioting, constitutes violence and other destructive behaviors perpetrated by spectators at association football events. Football hooliganism typically involves ...

. He was beaten at Högalidsparken on

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by AIK supporters. Deogan was a supporter of

IFK Göteborg Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or Blåvitt, is a Swedish professional Football team, football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it ...

, who had played AIK at

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on 29 July 2002. A couple of days later he died from injuries he sustained during the brutal beating. Even though the police had several suspects the case never went to trial because of the lack of witnesses. The once high-profile case remains unsolved. In 2007, all the case documents disappeared and were burned by the responsible attorney.

References

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