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18/02/2015
UK Police To Review Footage Of 'Racist' Chelsea Fans In Paris
UK police are reviewing video footage that allegedly shows Chelsea FC fans in Paris stopping a black man from boarding a train.
The footage shows the man approaching the train doors however fans blocked him from boarding. He then appears to point out free space in the carriage and attempts again to board the train, but is physically pushed back off the train.
A group of men, understood to be Chelsea FC fans travelling to a Champions League match in the city, are alleged to have chanted "we're racist, we're racist and that's the way we like it".
Scotland Yard said that it is reviewing the footage and are taking the incident "very seriously".
(MH/JP)
The footage shows the man approaching the train doors however fans blocked him from boarding. He then appears to point out free space in the carriage and attempts again to board the train, but is physically pushed back off the train.
A group of men, understood to be Chelsea FC fans travelling to a Champions League match in the city, are alleged to have chanted "we're racist, we're racist and that's the way we like it".
Scotland Yard said that it is reviewing the footage and are taking the incident "very seriously".
(MH/JP)
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