This Wednesday, December 18, as part of the Basketball Champions League, the Nanterre team faced that of Hapoël-Holon, an Israeli club. A tense meeting which degenerated when supporters brandished Palestinian flags.
It was a tense meeting which took place this Wednesday, December 18, in the evening, in Nanterre. To the point that, a few hours before the match, the mayor of the city had requested that it be able to be held behind closed doors, before the administrative court of Cergy-Pontoise canceled this request.
According to Cyril Camacho, journalist for RMC Sport, clashes broke out during the meeting between Nanterre and an Israeli club, Hapoël-Holon.
Indeed, individuals took out Palestinian flags after going to the field, in a context of tensions in the Middle East, requiring the intervention of the police to put an end to “to the emerging clashes in the stands between supporters”indicates France Bleu Paris.
It escalates in Nanterre where several individuals take out Palestinian flags on the field and in the stands. The police intervene immediately pic.twitter.com/Sml7jJCAxl
— Cyril Camacho (@cyril_cmch) https://twitter.com/cyril_cmch/status/1869473071469584836?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The individuals concerned, around ten, were exfiltrated. The match was then able to resume “with a double security cordon of police officers with riot shields to separate Israeli supporters from the rest of the public”, explains the journalist who was present on site.
Finally, the match was able to end without incident with a victory for Nanterre (87-77), and a qualification.
