Football violence is treasonous

Highlanders' chief executive officer Ndumiso Gumede has equated football hooliganism to an act of treason.

"The violence was made worse by the attack on a police officer and that is tantamount to treason because that officer enforces the laws of the country and no amount of anger justifies the vicious attack"he is quoted saying by the Chronicle.

"We strongly condemn such violence be it from aggrieved persons or whoever. Taking the law into one's hands is just not acceptable,". Gumede added "If such acts of violence continue, we will be forced to fish out the unruly elements behind it. We have marshals strategically positioned around the stadium, hence it's not difficult at all to identify the perpetrators of violence and ban them from the stadium".

An unidentified police officer was beaten up by a mob at Barbourfields stadium on Sunday.

Several people were arrested.