A soccer fan has been arrested by French police as local authorities investigate reports of a Nazi salute and monkey chants from Atalanta supporters at Marseille’s stadium on Thursday.
Marseille and Atalanta drew 1-1 in the first leg of the
Europa League semifinals.
One Atalanta fan was filmed in the stands of the Stade
Velodrome mimicking a monkey. In another video posted on social media, another
supporter was seen performing a Nazi salute.
The Bouches-du-Rhone prefecture, the body coordinating
police forces in the Marseille region, said Friday that one suspect was
arrested with the case referred to the public prosecutor “to investigate the
facts.”
Around 2,800 Atalanta fans had traveled to the southern
French port city.
In October, fans from Marseille and Lyon traded insults as
they waited for a game to kick off and some supporters from Lyon were filmed
making Nazi gestures and mimicking monkeys. AP
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