Video: England fans Clash with police ahead of Their Euro 2016 Game with Russia
Violent clashes involving English Fans erupted in Marseille France for a second successive night on Friday evening ahead of their first game against Russia on Saturday. The first violence broke out at around 5.20PM yesterday outside the Queen Victoria pub in the Old Port district where England fans had been drinking for most of the day.
Bare chested England
Supporters who had been drinking for most of the day at the same Queen Victoria
pub in the Old Port district of the city sang songs about the IRA and
German bombers being shot down and then fights broke out between English, French
and Russian speaking men prompting One man to be thrown into the harbor after
he was beaten to the ground by local fans
The French riot police
had to intervene by using tear gas to disperse them. The officers, who wore
full riot gear, were seen marching towards hundreds of England fans who ran
away down the street. Fans were lobbing chairs, debris and bottles as
a restaurant appears to burn behind them in Shocking footage.
Local police said seven
people, four of which were officers were injured in last night clashes.