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Partizan beat Red Star in fiery derby

A 44-year-old man who suffered a heart attack an 11-year-old boy with head injuries were rushed to Belgrade's Emergency Centre while three of the arrested faced criminal charges.

"Eight people were arrested before and during the match and 32 afterwards," Belgrade police chief Slobodan Vukolic told the state Tanjug news agency.

"Three of the arrested face criminal charges while police will keep working to identify other offenders who set fire to stadium seats," he said.

In Saturday's game, Partizan outplayed league leaders Red Star despite being reduced to 10 men for most of the second half.

Cleo curled in a superb shot from 18 metres after a Srdjan Knezevic own goal had cancelled out Lamine Diarra's early opener for Partizan.