Around forty people were arrested on Thursday, on the sidelines of the France-Israel match at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis), giving rise to around thirty people in police custody but for “nothing serious”we learned from police sources on Friday.
The high-risk match, held under very high security (4,000 police and gendarmes deployed) despite a stadium with more than sparse spans, took place “very well run from a safety point of view”confirmed Paris police chief Laurent Nunez on France 2 on Friday, reporting in particular two arrests after an incident in the stands between supporters of the two teams.
A police source told AFP that a total of 40 other people had been arrested on the sidelines of the match, without detailing their nationality. Another police source indicated that these arrests had given rise to “around twenty police custody”but for “nothing serious”.
Incidents in the stands
Regarding the incident in the stands, “there was a fight that broke out, which was immediately contained by the stewards”explained Laurent Nunez. One person was immediately arrested and then a second after the match, thanks to surveillance videos, continued the police prefect without specifying whether the two people in custody were supporters of the French or Israeli team.
According to the first police source, the incidents in the stands followed “attitudes felt as provocations”. At the end of the match, three Palestinian flags were displayed in the stands, this source said.
In total, according to the same source, 29 people were taken into custody and no injuries were reported. No incidents were reported around the stadium, neither during the arrival of supporters, nor after the match. A little over 16,600 spectators attended the match, the lowest attendance in history for a French team match at the Stade de France.
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