Argentina bus hijack fans charged

Argentine football suffers from crowd violence and clashes between fans

Nearly 70 fans of an Argentine football club have been charged after two buses were hijacked at knife point to get to their team's game on time, police said.

Supporters of second-division team Chacarita Juniors robbed several of the passengers and forced them off the public buses, a police spokesman said.

The fans missed the game, however, as they were arrested before they arrived at the stadium in Buenos Aires.

Argentine football is marked by crowd violence and fights between rival fans.

Police stopped the two buses and arrested the fans on their way to the game on Thursday after noticing something unusual about them, police spokesman Carlos Durante said.

Two of the fans remained in custody on Friday morning.

Chacarita won the game, against Talleres, 3-2.