Russian football thugs who stole a Sheffield Wednesday flag as trouble continues to flare in France during Euro 2016 have posted a photo of their “trophy” online. He denied playing any role in the violence.
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Five have been jailed for throwing bottles and a sixth was sentenced to a prison term in connection with the Marseille violence.
French Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henri Brandet said Alexander Shprygin was detained at the stadium in Toulouse, three days after he was deported from France after authorities accused him of involvement in hooliganism.
“We’ve filed an appeal against our removal”.
A group of 150 Russian hooligans were involved in the trouble on 11 June, according to French officials.
Meanwhile, reports added that Moscow summoned the French ambassador to express anger over the incident and reportedly said that the country would draw out a blacklist of troublemakers before the 2018 World Cup.
Robin says he has extended an initial investigation into the cases, which “I qualify as attempted murder”.
Russian fans were said to hunt down England fans ahead of Saturday’s European Championship game between England and Russia.
On Wednesday, brawling erupted when tens of thousands of fans from the Russia-Slovakia match in Lille joined English and Welsh supporters gathering in the city.
UEFA has reportedly threatened to disqualify England from Euro 2016 if fans continue to be violent.
English soccers governing body has also been warned about the behavior of its fans but the teams participation in the competition was not under immediate threat on Thursday despite a fresh outbreak of fan violence in France that required riot police to deploy tear gas.
Despite the disorder being some of the most serious in Russian Federation in recent years, police took a comparatively restrained approach, avoiding mass arrests. They also sang “Where were you in Marseille? while many police officers stood guard”.
Two England fans, Andrew Bache, 51, from Portsmouth, and Stewart Gray, from Hinckley, Leicestershire, were left in comas fighting for their lives after being attacked with hammers and iron bars by Russian hooligans.
Fan violence continued in Lille on Wednesday night, the day before England faced off against Wales in nearby Lens.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said the supporter, sitting in an upper part of the 59,000-capacity stadium, was treated by paramedics but they were unable to revive him.
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A goal down to Wales at halftime after Gareth Bale struck a wonderful free kick from 30 metres, England coach Roy Hodgson brought on forwards Sturridge and Jamie Vardy, whom many fans had wanted to see start the game, to replace the ineffectual Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane.
