Pro-Nazi chants before Hajduk Split-Ajax UEFA Europa League match slammed

Pro-Nazi chants before Split" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="102281" data-entity-type="organization">Hajduk Split-Ajax UEFA Europa League match slammedCroatia’s Split" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="102281" data-entity-type="organization">Hajduk Split hosted Ajax on Thursday, but chants for pre-World War II regime precede UEFA Europa League game.Croatian leaders have slammed pro-Nazi and anti-Semitic chants by Split" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="102281" data-entity-type="organization">Hajduk Split football fans before their UEFA Conference League match against Ajax, while Israel’s embassy voiced shock.Groups of Split" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="102281" data-entity-type="organization">Hajduk Split fans, known as the Torcida, marched through the coastal town of Split before Thursday’s match chanting: “Crush the Jews”, “Rise up Adolf (Hitler)” and “Let’s go Ustasha”, referring to the country’s World War II pro-Nazi regime, local media reported.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Man Utd veering towards crisis as Man City cloud hangs over Premier Leaguelist 2 of 4Man United’s Martinez apologises for outburst after talks with Carricklist 3 of 4Man United’s Martinez takes to social media to defend his criticism of clublist 4 of 4What led Manchester United’s Martinez to meltdown in Madrid – all to knowend of listDozens of fans were detained before Thursday’s match for violence. During the match, Torcida fans set off flares and other pyrotechnics in the stands, forcing more than a 10-minute stoppage.An investigation was opened into the pro-Nazi chants and suspects are being detained, police said.President Zoran Milanovic in a Friday statement condemned the incident as “unacceptable and shameful”.He urged swift action against the perpetrators to “show that there is no place in Croatia for the glorification of Nazism and Ustasha ideology”.Israel’s embassy in Zagreb said on X it was “deeply shocked by the serious antisemitic incident that took place in Split and condemns it in the strongest possible terms”.Conservative Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic also condemned “messages of anti-Semitism … completely at odds with the values we want to uphold in Croatian society”.Split" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="102281" data-entity-type="organization">Hajduk Split, who won the game 2-1, in a statement apologised to UEFA and Ajax who “witnessed scenes which we do not want Europe to remember”, while the Croatian football federation also condemned the incident.