Fan killed in fight between rival football club fans in Novosibirsk

Eduard Samyshkin was killed in a brutal fight between supporters of FC Sibir Novosibirsk and FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk. 

An online posting by the White United Ultras community group said the battle left only 'one Kransnoyarsk man was still standing'.

Then after the fight ended one supporter 'did not get to his feet...

'Everyone was in a rush. An ambulance came. 

'Locals took out his passport and promised to help him in hospital. 

'But he was dead, his temple cracked and his neck broken.'

Some reports said 23 were involved in the fight. 

Samyshkin had a wife and son, aged five. 

He died of head injuries, said Dmitry Chechulin, an official with the Investigative Committee.

A criminal investigation has been launched. 

The rival fans had been battling over banners, flags and scarves that Sibir fans allegedly claimed from their rivals in September. 

The Yenisey fans wanted them back and challenged Sibir supporters to a fight. 

Arguments followed over the rules of the contest, but in the end a brutal battle went ahead in Severnaya Street in Novosibirsk. 

The dead man's wife Nadezhda Samyshkina posted: 'A tragedy happened in our family. 

'Our daddy and my husband Edik perished on 18 November. 

'He was a cheerful, positive and kind person, a loving father and the best ever husband.'

The battle was on 18 Novemeber but details of it did not emerge immediately.