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violence breaks out between fans from england and tunisia : the party turns ugly in marseille
by christopher clarey
published: tuesday, june 16, 1998
marseille: for the second consecutive day, tear gas drifted through the streets of this port city. the world cup that marseille hoped to celebrate with parades, concerts and bicycle races on the beach has not gone according to plan.
french riot police had to intervene again on monday to stop fighting between fans of england's and tunisia's soccer teams. as of 9 p.m., 16 more people had been arrested and 22 treated at local hospitals, according to a spokesman for the regional prefecture. on sunday night, 35 people were hospitalized, including one englishman with a serious knife wound, and 50 arrested — 30 english, 14 french and 6 tunisian — as violence and vandalism swept through the city.
"until last night, this was a party, but it's not a party anymore," said jean-noel ruiz, a 17-year-old from marseille.
the regional prefect, jean-paul proust, responded by prohibiting bar and restaurant owners in marseille from selling alcohol after 4:30 p.m. to people who wished to take it away from the premises. he also ordered bars in the city center to close by 11 p.m., although many establishments elected not to open at all on monday night after the violence continued during the day.
the first incident occurred outside the gates of the stade velodrome at about 12:30 p.m., two hours before the start of the england-tunisia match in group g. as fans emerged from the metro and made their way toward the stadium, groups of tunisia and england fans began hurling bottles and cans at each other and exchanging blows.according to the police, ten english people were arrested.
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three hours later, there would be more arrests, altercations and injuries at the prado beach approximately one mile from the stadium, where thousands of fans were watching the match on a giant-screen television. according to witnesses, the trouble at the beach began shortly after alan shearer's goal gave england a 1-0 lead in the 43d minute of the match that england would end up winning, 2-0.
"until then, it was calm," said maximedray, 30, of marseille who was sitting in the temporary stands. "before the match, there were english and tunisian fans playing soccer together on the grass. when the game started, the tunisian fans went into the stands and the english stayed on the grass. but after shearer scored, some of the english fans turned around and started taunting the tunisian supporters."
according to dray and a friend, hilde smet, someone threw a bottle in the direction of the english fans, who quickly retaliated. the opposing fans were soon throwing bottles, cans, rocks and plastic seats at each other.
dray said thousands of bystanders, including elderly people and parents with young children, were forced to flee.
"a group of english fans charged toward the stands, and there was general panic," dray said.
riot police arrived several minutes later and fired tear-gas canisters into the crowd, and as the match at stade-velodrome continued, the acrid smell of the gas soon drifted into the upper reaches of the stadium. the prefecture's spokesperson said 18 people were treated at local hospitals because of injuries suffered during the rioting at the prado beach.
english clubs were banned from competing in european cup competition in may 1985 after 39 people died and more than 400 were injured when a wall collapsed at heysel stadium in brussels after rioting by english fans caused panic. the ban was then lifted before the 1990-91 season.
the incidents in marseille are the most serious involving english fans since 1993 when they clashed with dutch supporters before a world cup qualifying match in rotterdam.
on monday, prime minister tony blair of britain responded to the incidents in the old port by terming the behavior of the english fans "a total disgrace."
gareth davies, a 30-year-old from surrey who attended the match in marseille wearing an english jersey said: "i'm ashamed to wear the shirt."
proust said 16 shops and restaurants in the old port were damaged during the incidents on sunday night. the marseille police chief, michel sappin, said an error had been made by scheduling england's opening game on a monday because it allowed fans the possibility of arriving on the weekend and making mayhem.
a fifa spokesman, keith cooper, said the schedule had been drawn up two years earlier and could not have been modified. he also said there were no plans to ban england from this world cup finals.
the french interior minister, jean-pierre chevenement, said extra security measures would be taken for england's next two games in group g: monday, june 22, in toulouse against romania, and saturday, june 26, in lens against colombia.
some toulouse residents were preparing for the worst. "i won't be working that night," said a taxi driver, jean-paul garcia, in toulouse on monday. "i don't want my car to be damaged."
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