a fight breaks out in the stands during the match, dozens of people involved

SPORT – Match under tension even in the stands. The meeting between France and Israel at the Stade de France this Thursday, November 14 was marked by clashes between supporters at the start of the match, which took place in a very tense geopolitical context.

On social networks, many spectators and journalists relayed images of a fight which broke out between French and Israeli supporters in the north stand. As you can see below, dozens of people are involved.

On amateur videos broadcast on the social network X, we can see spectators running in the aisles, some with Israeli flags, while other supporters whistle and boo.

The stewards quickly intervened

The fight lasted only a short time. The stewards, numbering 1,600 for this match under surveillance, quickly intervened to separate the people involved and formed a cordon in the stand to prevent them from coming into contact.

At this point, it’s hard to know what happened. Questioned by AFP, the police headquarters did not wish to communicate any information on this short crowd movement, pending clarification on the circumstances, “ still blurry ».

Guillaume Farde, police-justice journalist at https://twitter.com/BFMTV/status/1857160663610597819for his part declared on the channel’s set that tempers would have heated up between ultra Israeli supporters who were masked and French supporters.

The meeting took place in a very tense context given the geopolitical situation in the Middle East. 4,000 police officers and gendarmes were mobilized around and in the stadium, and even in the metro. The Israeli anthem was whistled before kick-off.

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