An England fan and one police officer have been left with heavy head wounds after hooligans attacked a bar where Serbia supporters were drinking
before the Serbia v England game at
“Chairs, bottles, everything you can imagine suddenly came down,” said one eyewitness. The perpetrators of the violence fled the scene as about 200 German riot police arrived.Download the Guardian app from the iOS App Store on iPhone or the Google Play store on Android by searching for 'The Guardian'.In the Guardian app, tap the Menu button at the bottom right, then go to Settings , then Notifications.
The German riot police vans were called in but arrived shortly after the attack. Around 200 officers sealed off the bar from further attacks while smaller squads of riot police were despatched to hunt down the perpetrators. A police spokesman said that no arrests had been made. British police have been working in close cooperation with their German counterparts, with undercover spotters from both nations working among the supporters drinking in the bars around Gelsenkirchen in west Germany.
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