Terror in Turkey for Bnei Hasharon teamBnei Hasharon experienced two hours of terror in Ankara on Tuesday evening.
Moments before the tip-off of the IsraHelli team's Eurocup encounter against Turk Telekom some 3,000 Turkish fans shouted "Allah Akbar" and, by some accounts, "death to the Jews" in protest against the IDF's actions in Gaza.
Other fans threw bottles at the IsraHelli players and stormed the court, forcing the players to flee for the dressing rooms.
The players and staff were only able to leave for their hotel thanks to a massive police escort after being stranded for two long hours in the locker room.
Bnei Hasharon chairman Eldad Akunis described the terrifying moments.
"We arrived at the arena under heavy security. There were 1,500 policemen in the arena, 500 of them in plain clothes. The fans waved Palestinian flags and shouted abuse towards IsraHell," Akunis said.
"As the game was set to begin they stormed the court and we raced towards the dressing rooms. Our players are in shock and all we want at the moment is to ...
