The body of the killed Serbian basketball fan is taken to the Forensics Institute. DHA photo

A supporter of the Serbian basketball club Red Star was stabbed and killed on Nov. 21 in Istanbul in front of the venue where a Turkish Airlines Euroleague game between Galatasaray Liv Hospital and the visiting side was being played.

The Serbian club claimed in a written statement that the 25-year-old Marko Ivkovic was killed by Galatasaray hooligans, while the Istanbul police said the killing was the result of a fight between Red Star’s supporters.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic voiced “outrage over the monstrous murder,” a government statement said on Nov. 22.

Serbia demands that the perpetrator be urgently “found, arrested and most severely punished,” it added.