FRANCE: MARSEILLE: ENGLISH SOCCER FANS CLASH WITH POLICE (2) скачать в хорошем качестве

FRANCE: MARSEILLE: ENGLISH SOCCER FANS CLASH WITH POLICE (2)

(14 Jun 1998) Natural Sound The World Cup's fears of fan violence became a sobering reality on Sunday when England football supporters clashed with police for the second day in the southern port city of Marseille. Several hundred English soccer fans threw bottles and beer cans at riot police, who fired back with tear gas. Police, blaming the rampage on drunkenness, said they arrested about 20 people. Scattered fights also broke out between British and Tunisian fans, whose teams play Monday afternoon at the city's Velodrome stadium. Witnesses say the trouble started when England fans began throwing bottles and beer cans at cars carrying flag-waving Tunisian fans. Security had been stepped up in the city following disturbances in the same area of Marseille on Saturday night. Around 200 British fans had been involved in the skirmishes and four were arrested. Two have since been released but face drink-related charges. Two more were still being held - one a 20-year-old Liverpool railroad employee - remained in custody to face charges in court Monday for allegedly attacking police. At least one gendarme was hospitalised with a head injury. Ten thousand English fans are expected at Monday's match, but around 2-thousand others are in town to look for tickets on the black market, where prices were reportedly running as high as two thousand francs (330 U-S dollars) each. Authorities planned to deploy a total of 16-hundred uniformed or plainclothed city police, 200 gendarmes and about 100 elite CRS national police for the event. Since the beginning of the World Cup last Wednesday, submachine gun-toting troops on anti-terrorist duty have also patrolled public areas. Meanwhile, on Sunday, dozens of officers continued to patrol the port and the Canebiere, Marseille's main avenue. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...