Police in the divided Bosnian town of Mostar used tear gas to disperse a group of Croatia supporters angered by their team’s Euro 2012 loss to Spain, local media reported Tuesday.

Two policemen were slightly injured and several hooligans arrested, FENA news agency reported.

Since Bosnia’s 1992-95 war, of which Mostar’s destroyed and later rebuilt gravity-defying 16th century bridge became a symbol, the city has remained deeply divided.

Bosnian Croat football fans always cheer on the national team of neighbouring Croatia, which most of them consider their homeland, while Muslims generally support their opponents.

Following a 1-0 defeat to Spain that sent Croatia crashing of Euro 2012 in Poland Monday, some 200 fans dressed in Croatia’s red and white chequered national colours started heading towards the Muslim part of Mostar.

Police stopped them on Bulevar street, which used to be the old front line separating the eastern Muslim side from the western Croat district and whose pockmarked buildings still bear the scars of the conflict.

Police responded with tear gas to stone-throwing by the hooligans, who damaged a police car and set fire to several trash containers, local media reported, adding that at least seven people were detained.