Clashes broke out this Sunday, June 16, between English and Serbian supporters in Gelsenkirchen in Germany shortly before a Euro match in the city between the national teams of the two countries, local police said.
Clashes in front of a restaurant
“The two groups were separated” by the police, a police spokesperson told AFP, specifying that he could not give any further details at this stage on possible arrests or injuries.
The German daily Bild published images showing an altercation on the terrace of a restaurant, notably with chairs, before the intervention of the police. He speaks of several injuries and arrests of English supporters.
An AFP journalist noted broken glass at the terrace after the incidents and saw a group of Serbian supporters about to be escorted out of the area to a metro station by police, present in large numbers. number.
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Serbia and England face each other in the evening in Gelsenkirchen, at 9 p.m., and the German police have deployed significant measures in fear of incidents.
