Rio Police Detain 37 Flamengo Organized Fans Near Fluminense HQ Before Carioca Final

Overview

• Thirty-seven people linked to Flamengo’s Torcida Jovem were detained near the Morro Azul area hours before the Fluminense match at Maracanã.
• Police say the group was taken to the 9th Police Station in Catete for processing.
• Ten vehicles were intercepted following alerts of a planned confrontation close to Fluminense’s headquarters in Laranjeiras.
• Officers seized wooden batons, two knives, a baseball bat, boxes of fireworks, improvised explosive devices, and a radio transmitter.
• Security was reinforced around the site with no confirmed injuries, and separate social-media videos showed turmoil in São João de Meriti pending police confirmation.