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Old Firm match: Bottle attack smashed young boy's teeth | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
A 10-year-old Rangers fan has recalled getting hit in the face by a bottle on the way to Sunday's Old Firm game. | |
Kieran Duffy, from Springboig, Glasgow, said he saw the bottle come flying towards him from the corner of his eye. | |
He swallowed one tooth on impact and another was removed. He also suffered a hairline fracture to his face. | |
Keiran was attacked on a minibus at Cathcart Road, near Hampden Stadium. His father Robert said one man in the crowd had "shamed everyone". | |
The 10-year-old was in a minibus of Rangers fans sitting in traffic at Cathcart Road, when a group of Celtic fans surrounded the bus and hurled abuse at the occupants. | |
'Covered in blood' | |
Mr Duffy said the fans passed the bus and a couple of them decided to attack the driver. The door was opened and a bottle was thrown. | Mr Duffy said the fans passed the bus and a couple of them decided to attack the driver. The door was opened and a bottle was thrown. |
Kieran, who was on the bus with his father and twin brother Declan, told the news conference: "I was scared, I didn't know what had happened. | |
"I looked at my brother and saw he was crying. My hand was covered in blood and I realised something was wrong." | |
Kieran, who required stitches, said: "I swallowed a tooth and one of them was cracked in two." | |
Mr Duffy, 39, said: "I would say it is a cowardly act. He is a coward. | |
"They are not real football fans. I am hopeful that the real football fans in that group tell someone who was responsible for this." | |
'Appalling assault' | |
Police Scotland have recovered the bottle used in the attack and it will be studied for forensic evidence. | |
Det Con Kenneth MacEwan said: "This was an appalling assault on the boy who was with his dad and fellow supporters going to his first Celtic v Rangers game. | |
"He never got to the match but instead was detained overnight in hospital and has a facial injury and teeth missing." | "He never got to the match but instead was detained overnight in hospital and has a facial injury and teeth missing." |
Det Con MacEwan said it appeared that the bottle was deliberately thrown at the minibus but the boy was not specifically targeted. | Det Con MacEwan said it appeared that the bottle was deliberately thrown at the minibus but the boy was not specifically targeted. |
The man who threw the bottle was described as white, 5ft 11in tall and of heavy build. He was wearing green clothing and possibly a white beanie hat. | The man who threw the bottle was described as white, 5ft 11in tall and of heavy build. He was wearing green clothing and possibly a white beanie hat. |