BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's Huracan received a bomb threat which could be connected with the theft of a giant flag from arch-rivals San Lorenzo last week.
Huracan said in a statement on their website they had received a phone call claiming a bomb had been placed in the club's
headquarters on Tuesday afternoon.
The building was evacuated, a police anti-bomb squad was called and it was discovered to be a false alarm.
San Lorenzo's flag was stolen on Friday. It measured 70 metres by 40 metres, weighed 270 kilos and covered the whole
crowd behind one of the goals at San Lorenzo's stadium when unravelled.
The Huracan statement added: 'We remind you that the relationship between the two clubs is not the best, bearing in mind
the episode in which flags were stolen from San Lorenzo's stadium, which some have connected with members of the
Huracan support, and the bomb threat in the Huracan headquarters, which some have interpreted as the response.'
The club also said that a number of youth team matches between Huracan and San Lorenzo, which had been due to be
played on Wednesday afternoon at various age group levels, had been called off for 'security reasons'.
Argentine soccer has been plagued by hooliganism and at least four people have been killed this year.
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