AN ELDERLY Saints fan has been injured after a smoke grenade was let off in the stalls.

During the AFC Bournemouth versus Saints match tonight, an elderly gentleman has suffered injuries to his leg after someone let off the flare in the away end of Vitality Stadium.

Hampshire Constabulary's Saints police officer shared an image of the man's injured leg.

They said: "To whoever let off one of the smoke grenades in the away end tonight. You have injured an elderly fellow Southampton fan."

One Twitter user said: "Quite shocking - hope they get identified and charged with assault."

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