More than fifty Italian “high-risk fans” were arrested on Saturday in Dortmund, western Germany, before the kick-off of the Euro 2024 match between Italy and Albania, it said the German police.
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Albanian supporters were also very numerous in the center of Dortmund before the match which started at 9 p.m.
“The individuals in this group had dangerous objects with them” and had “tried to confront Albanian supporters” in the city center, the police told AFP.
The intervention of the police “prevented the two groups of supporters from meeting” and “more than fifty people were taken into custody”, she added.
Euro-2024 in Germany takes place until July 14 under high security tension, against the backdrop of conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine. The authorities particularly fear violence between hooligans, cyberattacks and attacks.
Between 800 and 1,300 law enforcement officers will be deployed to ensure the protection of the 2.7 million spectators expected in and around the ten stadiums which host the 51 matches of the competition, as well as the base camps of the 24 teams distributed throughout the country.
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