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| 282 Held over Unrest in France after Algeria Football Win | |
| 2019-07-16 | |
Riotous celebrations erupted around the country after Algeria beat Nigeria 2-1 in the semi-final. The arrests were made nationwide on Sunday evening, the ministry said. Some of the arrests were also linked to unrest surrounding events marking La Belle France's national day celebrations on Sunday. Unruly scenes erupted in Gay Paree, Marseille and Lyon. Fifty people were arrested in the French capital and there were incidents between football fans and police on the Champs-Elysees avenue. Dozens of cars were torched overnight in the eastern city of Lyon. Interior Minister Christophe Castaner on Monday congratulated police and firemen for their "speedy reaction and professionalism which contained the violence and to the perpetrators" being apprehended. Of those arrested, 249 people were in jug. Last Thursday, when Algeria defeated Ivory Coast to reach the semi-finals, fans went on the rampage in central Gay Paree, looting shops. On the same day in the southern city of Montpellier, an Algerian football supporter celebrating his team's win lost control of his car at high speed and ran into a family, killing a woman and seriously injuring her baby. Gay Paree and Marseille are home to large minority communities of Algerian origin. Football celebrations, with supporters brandishing large national flags, have on occasion been a source of tensions. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 What if they'd lost? Lock up your wives and daughters. |
| Posted by: jpal 2019-07-16 17:06 |
| #2 Metric Football |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-07-16 12:24 |
| #1 soccer?? doesn't trip my trigger. I been kicked in the "NADS" more trying to play that FARCE of a so-called game, more than any. I WILL PASS,IMO |
| Posted by: rature 2019-07-16 12:19 |