There are three injured among the police, and a German supporter was injured by a smoke bomb in the stands. “The day and the meeting took place without major incident”, welcomes the prefecture.
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At the end of the Champions League match which took place on Tuesday September 13 in Marseille between Olympique de Marseille and Eintracht Frankfurt, 14 people were arrested near the stadium, indicates Frédérique Camilleri, prefect of police of the Bouches-du-Rhone.
There were three arrests for throwing projectiles, three for possession of smoke bombs, three for violence against a person holding public authority, two for use of lasers, one for introducing a weapon (knife) and finally two others for violence. volunteers.
There are also three injured among the police, and a German supporter was injured by a smoke bomb in the stands. He was taken to hospital and “His days are not in danger”specifies the prefect. “Thanks to the preparation well in advance, the cooperation and the dialogue with all the actors, a reinforced and reactive police force, the day before, the day and the meeting took place without major incident”welcomes the prefecture.
Frédérique Camilleri, police chief of Bouches-du-Rhône, regrets however, “those Nazi salutes that we saw this evening at the Vélodrome stadium from some German supporters”. Moreover, she has “seized UEFA and asked that we can very quickly identify these supporters so that they are subject to the appropriate criminal proceedings”while “the prosecution was by our side at the stadium’s crisis PC”.
“There are videos circulating and we are in contact with the German police officers who made the trip to try to identify them and this kind of detestable and revolting acts must be strongly denounced by everyone and we will put the means to find them”insists Frédérique Camilleri.