Stewards intervene to stop Israel, France football fans clash at Paris match / Photo: FRANCK FIFE - AFP
-
Germany and France seek to 'bounce back' from fighter jet failure
-
Regulator backs extension of Spain's largest nuclear plant
-
Ex-Italian highway head gets 12 years for deadly Genoa bridge collapse
-
Court confirms graft trial for Spanish PM's wife
-
Scheffler makes fast start to defence of British Open
-
UK minister urges FIFA to investigate Argentina over World Cup Falklands banner
-
No start for Pollock as England name unchanged side for Argentina clash
-
Farnborough to survey the state of Boeing's comeback
-
Young British hackers jailed for London transport cyberattack
-
EU tells Google to share search data, open Android to AI rivals
-
Protests erupt across Ukraine against defence minister's ouster
-
Uber to gobble up Delivery Hero in latest food delivery deal
-
US still world's biggest air transport market, but growth slows: data
-
South Africa's rooibos heads to space
-
Hearts and Scotland keeper Gordon retires
-
'Lost his Tuch?' -- England boss hammered by media after World Cup exit
-
Stocks drop, oil steadies tracking tech sell-off, Mideast unrest
-
Climate change, urban growth fuel Lagos flooding
-
Ukraine state energy boss Koretsky becomes new PM
-
Depleted Italy make nine changes for Australia Test
-
Algae fed by farm waste carpet Italy's warm River Po
-
UK launches hi-tech mission to study Greenland ice melt
-
Peru president-elect Fujimori calls for political 'reconciliation'
-
German neo-Nazi sent to male prison despite legal gender change
-
UK nationalises struggling British Steel
-
Schmidt says struggling Australia 'not far off' as he makes changes for Italy clash
-
Italy court to deliver verdict in deadly bridge collapse
-
Germany's Delivery Hero agrees 12.7-bn-euro takeover by Uber
-
US unveils new 25% tariff on certain imports from Brazil
-
Taiwan chipmaker TSMC to invest another US$100 bn in Arizona fabs
-
Messi magic sends Argentina into World Cup final as England fall short
-
Italy coach Quesada banned for two Tests after TV rant
-
IOC chief Coventry can learn from Infantino on handling Trump: ex-IOC executives
-
Taiwan chipmaker TSMC to invest another $100bn in Arizona fabs
-
Climate change, mismanagement dry up beloved Hungarian lake
-
Taiwan chipmaker TSMC reports record quarterly profit
-
France overhaul front row to face Japan in Nations Championship
-
'Cruel, wasteful': Dakar port a hotspot for illegal shark fins
-
'No rest': Indonesians overworked and abused on foreign fishing vessels
-
McReight benched as Australia make three changes for Italy showdown
-
Next UK PM urged to end Labour Party's 'boys club'
-
Actor Sam Neill died of pneumonia, says agent
-
No room in All Blacks for Beauden Barrett against Ireland
-
Fiji scrum-half Kuruvoli slapped with four-match ban for red card
-
Japan give Haangana debut for France 'forward battle' in steamy Tokyo
-
Asian stocks mostly sink as AI worries hammer tech
-
Ireland coach Farrell relishes another crack at Eden Park record
-
'Holding back is evil': Gen-Zers revive Japan's corporate machismo
-
Tractors out, oxen in for fuel-starved Cuban farms
-
Saving Gaza's past, one artefact at a time
Stewards intervene to stop Israel, France football fans clash at Paris match
Stewards had to intervene at the Nations League match between France and Israel on Thursday to stop fans of both nations from clashing in the stands, an AFP reporter saw.
Videos taken by spectators and posted on the X social media network show fans, some with Israeli flags, running along the rows of seats at the Stade de France while other fans whistled and booed.
Stewards wearing orange bibs moved between the two groups to separate them.
Paris police told AFP it could not comment until it had received more information.
The match is taking place under heavy security after fans from the Maccabi Tel Aviv club were attacked in Amsterdam last week following a Europa League match against Ajax.
The violence in Amsterdam flared after Maccabi fans set fire to a Palestinian flag the night before and vandalised a taxi, authorities said.
Amsterdam's mayor Femke Halsema said the incidents were a "poisonous cocktail of anti-Semitism and hooliganism".
Around 4,000 police were on patrol outside and inside the stadium in Paris.
The attendance was expected to be as low as 13,000 in a stadium with an 80,000 capacity.
The incidents in the Netherlands took place with anti-Israeli sentiment and reported anti-Semitic acts across the world soaring as Israel wages wars against Iran-backed Islamist militants in Lebanon and Gaza.
A.AbuSaada--SF-PST
