Dozens injured after soccer riots

- Approximately thirty people have been injured in clashes Saturday between football supporters, shortly before the start of the football match between England and Russia in Marseille, the French channel BFMTV. According to the British broadcaster Sky News, the condition of two British supporters criticism.

Russian and English supporters clashed with each other. at the old harbor of the Mediterranean city and thereby also used tear gas, as was shown on French television. The supporters went to each body including chairs and iron bars. They threw bottles. According to French media were also French rioters involved in the riots. The police came hard on and used more tear gas, water cannons and batons to bring the situation under control

Kevin Miles, chairman of the English supporters club told Sky News that French and Russian hooligans supporters began fighting. He added that some of the English fans, according to him, a minority, had misbehaved.,, Who had obviously been drinking too much, 'said Miles. Sky News reported that it appeared that Russian hooligans had organized and clearly were looking for fans of the English football team.
  
    
     
      
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After the first riots in recent days, the police announced that it will crack down on subsequent riots. Before the match England against Russia are 1,200 police officers mobilized in the city, said police chief Laurent Nuñez Marseille.

The supporters of both teams are kept separate from each other in the French port city.,, The Russians are in an area, the English in another, '' said Nuñez. The police keep in mind that supporters of the two national teams after the game again seek a confrontation with each other.