Europa League Conference: incidents and 17 arrests on the sidelines of the OM match

Incidents had already taken place before the start of the OM-Feyenoord Rotterdam match, when the Dutch supporters arrived. After the game, dProjectiles and smoke bombs were sent against the police who were preventing clashes with Marseille supporters.

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17 people were arrested in Marseille, on the sidelines of the meeting between OM and Feyenoord Rotterdam in the semi-final second leg of the Europa League Conference at the Stade Vélodrome, franceinfo learned on Friday May 6 from the Marseille police headquarters.

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Among them, three Dutch supporters were arrested. The first for throwing projectiles, the second for “attempting to introduce smoke” into the stadium, the third for having fought in the stadium with a Marseille supporter, also arrested.

Before the start of the match, incidents took place around the stadium on Thursday evening, when the Dutch supporters arrived. The police intervened to avoid clashes with Marseille supporters. Projectiles and smoke bombs were sent against the police. They responded with the use of tear gas, said France 3 Provence.


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