Argentine Soccer Fans Chant 'Killing Jews to Make Soap' at Match Against Team With Jewish Roots
Fans clad in T-shirts bearing Iranian symbols and waiving Palestinian flags rioted after Atlanta, a team associated with the Jewish community, won the game
Home-team soccer fans in Argentina chanted about “killing the Jews to make soap” during a match with a team historically associated with the Jewish community and rioted when the visitors won.
Atlanta, a professional Argentine team founded more than a century ago in a Jewish neighborhood, played All Boys at their stadium in Buenos Aires on Thursday.
All Boys fans chanted the anti-Semitic slogan as they waved Palestinian flags and T-shirts bearing Iranian symbols.
Atlanta won the match, 3-2, triggering violence by the All Boys fans. Some spectators entered the locker area for cover until police arranged for them to exit the stadium safely.
All Boys fans also assaulted police, destroying property at the stadium.
“The Argentine Football Association must sanction the club for this anti-Semitic offense,” Shimon Samuels, Simon Wiesenthal Center’s director for International Relations, wrote in a statement Friday.
Atlanta has several Jewish players, as well as members of its administrative staff. Police are investigating the incident.
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