new overflows during a football match

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E. Pelletier, H. Puffeney, L. Courté, C. Mirabaud, R. Duroselle, F. Olivier, France 3 IDF, A. Canestraro – France 2

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Violence, once again, in the stands of a French football stadium, and this just a few days after an interministerial meeting on the issue. Friday, December 17, while Paris FC hosted OL at the Charléty stadium, incidents broke out in the stands. The match was interrupted and the party wasted.

Impressive fights between dozens of Lyon and Parisian supporters. Belts used as weapons, then agricultural bombs thrown in the stands of the Charléty stadium in front of frightened spectators. Not to mention a smoke bomb fired in the middle of the crowd. Friday, December 17 in the Coupe de France, the match between Paris FC and Olympique Lyonnais degenerated. While the CRS evacuate the stands, part of the public takes refuge on the ground, under the eyes ofe Lyon players dumbfounded.

After 45 minutes of stoppage, the decision falls: the match is abandoned. Result: two light injuries but no arrest. “We wanted it to be a big party for the PFC and in the end we were a little disappointed because we could only live one half”, regrets a football fan. As for the president of the Parisian club, he denounces the attitude of the Lyon leaders. In a press release, OL demanded firmness against the perpetrators of violence on both sides and announced a first measure. Along with the judicial inquiry, the French Federation Football must meet at the beginning of the week its disciplinary committee, in order to take sanctions.


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