Bloodied hooligans, a smoke-filled stadium, and riot police — Serbian rival teams play a football match in insanely hostile conditions

Reuters

A match in Serbia was marred by bloody violence on Wednesday evening.

Partizan Belgrade welcomed Red Star Belgrade to the Stadion Partizana for a SuperLiga match but play was interrupted because of clashes between hooligan fans of both teams.

Supporters lit torches and threw smoke bombs on the pitch before engaging in a mass brawl.

Riot police were forced to make arrests.

You can see the intense matchday photographs below.