French police fired tear gas last night in Marseille after violent clashes broke out between English fans and local football hooligans.
Clashes erupted shortly after midnight in the French city's Old Port area where hundreds of travelling supporters had spent Thursday drinking.
Local French youths are thought to have attacked England supporters who had gathered en masse outside the Queen Victoria pub, and O'Malley's, an Irish bar next door, ahead of the Three Lions first group game of Euro 2016 against Russia on Saturday.
The ultras posted messages on social media saying: 'Welcome to Marseille, England fans.'
A group of England fans chanted: 'ISIS, where are you?'
Marseille is a port city with a strong Islamic community and Muslims make up around a third of the population.
Two England fans have been arrested, one for assaulting a barman and the other for violent disorder.
Source: Dailymail UK
Clashes erupted shortly after midnight in the French city's Old Port area where hundreds of travelling supporters had spent Thursday drinking.
Local French youths are thought to have attacked England supporters who had gathered en masse outside the Queen Victoria pub, and O'Malley's, an Irish bar next door, ahead of the Three Lions first group game of Euro 2016 against Russia on Saturday.
The ultras posted messages on social media saying: 'Welcome to Marseille, England fans.'
A group of England fans chanted: 'ISIS, where are you?'
Marseille is a port city with a strong Islamic community and Muslims make up around a third of the population.
Two England fans have been arrested, one for assaulting a barman and the other for violent disorder.
Source: Dailymail UK