SAO PAULO (AP) Brazil's sports tribunal has ordered a second-division team to play its next two home matches in an empty stadium because of the death of a man struck in the head by a toilet bowl thrown from the stands during fan violence last weekend.
The tribunal has also suspended all of Santa Cruz's fan groups from attending matches anywhere in Brazil until the person who threw the toilet bowl was turned over to authorities. Police said suspects were detained on Monday for interrogation but declined to say whether charges would be immediately filed.
Police would not provide any further details on Monday's arrests, but Brazilian media reported that a 23-year-old man allegedly confessed he threw one of the toilets. According to the reports, he said two other fans helped him, but it wasn't clear if they were also detained.
Santa Cruz's Arruda Stadium was closed by the Brazilian football federation on Saturday, a day after the 26-year-old fan was killed in the fighting in the northeastern World Cup host city of Recife.
The death prompted Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to call for actions to contain fan violence in Brazil's stadiums, including the "urgent" installation of specialized police stations inside stadiums.