• People run after police use tear gas to disperse soccer fans during clashes following the UEFA EURO 2016 group B soccer match between England and Russia in the port of Marseille, France. Tolga Bozoglu / EPA
    People run after police use tear gas to disperse soccer fans during clashes following the UEFA EURO 2016 group B soccer match between England and Russia in the port of Marseille, France. Tolga Bozoglu / EPA
  • A man injured in clashes is assisted by police officers in downtown Marseille, France. Riot police have thrown tear gas canisters at soccer fans in Marseille’s Old Port in a third straight day of violence in the city. Darko Bandic / AP
    A man injured in clashes is assisted by police officers in downtown Marseille, France. Riot police have thrown tear gas canisters at soccer fans in Marseille’s Old Port in a third straight day of violence in the city. Darko Bandic / AP
  • A Russia supporter, left, clashes with an England supporter in the stands during the UEFA EURO 2016 group B preliminary round match between England and Russia at Stade Velodrome in Marseille, France. Peter Powell / EPA
    A Russia supporter, left, clashes with an England supporter in the stands during the UEFA EURO 2016 group B preliminary round match between England and Russia at Stade Velodrome in Marseille, France. Peter Powell / EPA
  • Supporters clash in the stands after the UEFA EURO 2016 group B preliminary round match between England and Russia at Stade Velodrome in Marseille, France. Daniel Dal Zennaro / EPA
    Supporters clash in the stands after the UEFA EURO 2016 group B preliminary round match between England and Russia at Stade Velodrome in Marseille, France. Daniel Dal Zennaro / EPA
  • Supporters clash in the stands after the UEFA EURO 2016 group B preliminary round match between England and Russia at Stade Velodrome in Marseille, France. Daniel Dal Zennaro / EPA
    Supporters clash in the stands after the UEFA EURO 2016 group B preliminary round match between England and Russia at Stade Velodrome in Marseille, France. Daniel Dal Zennaro / EPA
  • Clashes break out in the stands after the Euro 2016 Group B soccer match between England and Russia, at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, France. Thanassis Stavrakis / AP
    Clashes break out in the stands after the Euro 2016 Group B soccer match between England and Russia, at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, France. Thanassis Stavrakis / AP
  • Spectators try to escape from the stands as clashes broke out right after the Euro 2016 Group B soccer match between England and Russia, at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, France. Claude Paris / AP
    Spectators try to escape from the stands as clashes broke out right after the Euro 2016 Group B soccer match between England and Russia, at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, France. Claude Paris / AP
  • People run after police fired tear gas following clashes after the Euro 2016 soccer championship group B match between England and Russia in Marseille, France. Clashes between football fans Saturday in Marseille’s Old Port occurred for a third straight day of violence in the city. Darko Bandic / AP
    People run after police fired tear gas following clashes after the Euro 2016 soccer championship group B match between England and Russia in Marseille, France. Clashes between football fans Saturday in Marseille’s Old Port occurred for a third straight day of violence in the city. Darko Bandic / AP
  • Supporters clash in the stands after the UEFA EURO 2016 group B preliminary round match between England and Russia at Stade Velodrome in Marseille, France. Daniel Dal Zennaro / EPA
    Supporters clash in the stands after the UEFA EURO 2016 group B preliminary round match between England and Russia at Stade Velodrome in Marseille, France. Daniel Dal Zennaro / EPA

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Violence erupts in the streets as fans brawl at Euro 2016 - in pictures

Rob Gurdebeke

June 12, 2016

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French riot police used tear gas and water cannons to try to restore order as English and Russian fans brawled in a series of clashes ahead of their teams’ Euro 2016 opener, leaving at least 19 injured. Bare-chested supporters hurled bistro chairs and bottles in the Vieux-Port area, where the cobbled streets were left littered with broken glass and debris, in a third consecutive day of violence.

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