16 June 2016

Continuing violence

Not even a week long in the European championship and under very poor security on and off the stadiums, fresh incidents has occurred these days.
Yesterday night the use of firecracker is investigated by UEFA. Surprisingly, where no one expected, on Portugal - Iceland match there was a petard thrown right after the Portuguese goal. How was smuggled in nobody knows but the European football organization will investigate this (tiny) detail.
And tonight English supporters gave more trouble to the authorities. French police had to break up a group of around 200 English fans with tear gas near the Lille's railway station. As they came along on their way they damaged cars and shops. The Englishmen came to support their team who is playing against Wales on Thursday afternoon in the nearby town of Lens. According to reports, despite the ban of 12 hours some small supermarkets were still selling alcohol. The outcome: 36 arrests.

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