UEFA launches investigation into fan violence

Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) will initiate disciplinary proceedings against the Football Associations of England and Russia due to last night's riots at the Velodrome in Marseille.After three days of fights between English, French and Russian fans in the French port city, the violence continued and the stadium.

The English before the match group B booed the anthem of Russia, and after the match ended in a draw (1: 1) fans started a fight at the stadium."UEFA can only take disciplinary action for incidents that occurred within the perimeter of the stadium," the statement said European umbrella home football.

After Russia tied two minutes before the end, a group of Russian fans beat the security officer in charge to separate the two groups at the stadium, and the video recordings set on Twitter to see how English fans flee from the Russians who run them and shoot them with various objects .

emergency meeting

UEFA and the English Football Association (FA) have condemned the fan incidents that took place the first day of the European football championship in France.The leaders of UEFA have announced an emergency meeting on the suppression of fan violence."People who use violence have no place in football," said UEFA in a statement.

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said that UEFA will probably punish Football Association of Russia due to the behavior of Russian fans in Marseille."He will us UEFA, I understand that. We acted improperly," said Mutko, adding that the Russian officials to investigate what happened, according to Reuters.At least 35 people were injured in the clashes English and Russian fans ahead of, during and after the game, in which are mingled and local hooligans.Although after the incidents that took Marseille started to happen as early as Thursday, the French have hired about 1,200 police officers to maintain public order, chaos on the streets of the French port city is not stopped.

The officers arrested six people, and to stop the violence were forced to a third day use and smoke bombs with tear gas. Three police officers were slightly injured.

Violence and Nice

In Nice on Saturday evening also clashed fans of Northern Ireland and the local hooligans.According to police reports, seven people were injured. One person was injured in the head.As previously said the local police, at least 20 of the French near the city square in Nice blanketed the bottles fans of Northern Ireland, who responded in kind.Organizers of the EP expressed their fear that the scene could be repeated from Marseille and in other French cities, and the first duel of those ranked among the riskiest, today's match Croatian and Turkey at the Paris Parc des Princes.

This game is on the scale of risks 1:00 to 4:00 received a score of three, just like the match Germany - Poland (16 June at the Stade de France), England - Wales (16 June in Lens) and the Ukraine - Poland (June 21 in Marseille)."In all these games will be tightened precautions. After what happened in Marseilles, must no longer be the failure in securing a response to any form of violence has to be fast and efficient," said Head of the State Department to combat hooliganism Antoine Boutonnet AFP.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve issued a statement in which it stated that the French police is in control of the security situation and that they are taken into account "all threats, including those from possible terrorist attacks."French sports daily L'Equipe wrote that "fear has already won the EURO-in", a sports annex Sunday edition of the London Daily Mail dominates the title "Back in the black years".

• 12 Jun, 2016
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