Russia and England fan violence continues despite EURO 2016 exit threat

Russia fans attempted to provoke England fans on Tuesday, who in turn threw bottles in retaliation in Lille. Both sets of fans' behaviour in the south of France led to UEFA threatening the country's teams with expulsion from Euro 2016.

However that hasn't stopped some supporters from trying to continue the violence.

Footage posted on social media shows England and Wales fans apparently teaming up and chanting: 'F*** off Russia, we're England and Wales'.



Russia are set to play Slovakia in Lille today while England play Wales in nearby Lens on Thursday - with three-day booze bans now set to be enforced in each city.

A group of around four or five thugs wearing ‘Orel Butchers’ T-shirts tried to storm a bar where British supporters were drinking.

They accused French police of standing by as the thugs put gum shields in and donned masks before attacking the supporters.

However a Russian journalist Max Allanazarov tweeted video of one England fan allegedly being arrested.

England fan Mark Crowe, 25, said: “Everyone was standing outside the bar having a good time, English and Welsh together.

“Then these guys walked up and started on us. They were Russian and wearing masks. The police did nothing.

“Admittedly the English threw a couple of chairs back at them, but if you are attacked you have to defend yourself.”

After the attack the British fans chanted: “F*** off Russians, we’re England and Wales.”

The Russian thugs were wearing ‘Orel Butchers - Storm over Europe 2016’ T-shirts.

Ultras wearing the same T-shirts were photographed attacking fans in Marseille.

The ‘Orel Butchers’ are a well-known Russian hooligan group, affiliated to Locomotiv Moscow.

French police have arrested 43 Russian fans suspected of being involved after stopping a bus in the Alpes-Maritimes region in the south of the country on Tuesday, according to local media reports.

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