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Football race riots leave police injured

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More than 200 Anderlecht fans and youths of African origin clashed in fighting organised on the internet which left police officers injured and led to widespread vandalism.

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“We have made a number of arrests, but we are so busy at the moment, we will have to wait until the trouble is over before we can give out any more information,” a police spokesman said.

“A number of our police officers have been injured. We don’t know how seriously yet.”

Television pictures showed police using tear gas and water cannons to defend themselves from a barrage of stones and bottles during the clashes near Anderlecht’s stadium in Brussels.

The rioting, which forced the closure of four nearby metro stations, began in the last afternoon and lasted for four hours before police eventually gained control.

Police said the violence had been organised through a website calling for an “attack on all white fans of football club Anderlecht”.

It was prompted by a confrontation between Anderlecht fans and a group of youths of north African origin after Anderlecht’s Belgian cup final victory last Sunday.

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Written by Israel Saria

For the last 20 years I have been working as a football pundit. This experience has provided me with a very useful insight into football and the opportunity to carry out extensive research into the game including its players, the stadiums, the rules and tactics and I have also been grateful to meet a wide range of people connected to football in the UK, Tanzania, Germany .....

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