Some Paris Saint-Germain football fans travelled to clash with a group of Olympique de Marseille fans, as England and Russia fans fought nearby. The head of Britain’s Euro 2016 policing operation has hit out at the Russian football fans behind the scenes of violence in Marseille – and vowed to help search for them. He told how British police spotters saw some Russia fans “tooling up” with gum shields, fingerless martial arts gloves and bandanas. Photograph: Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters“Their attacks were prolonged and well orchestrated and left 14 England fans hospitalised. “Speaking candidly, it is clear there was a small minority of England fans who were in Marseille to cause trouble.

Source: The Guardian June 12, 2016 19:41 UTC