Bottles and other objects were hurled at French police in Marseille who responded with tear gas/AFPMARSEILLE, Jun 11 – Two nights of tear gas, broken bottles and beer-bloated football fans on Marseille’s Vieux Port came as a stark reminder to European Championship organisers that old habits die hard.
France has been on the lookout for potential terrorists, but old-fashioned hooligans opened hostilities at the month-long tournament before the first ball was kicked.
Saturday’s England-Russia match was one of five labelled ‘high risk’ for fan trouble by French authorities. Even a multi-national police intelligence operation could not stop the trouble.
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Source: Capital News
