Police get English lessons and tips on dealing with fans
POLISH police are getting English lessons in order to prepare them for the influx of football fans.
Gardai will also be travelling to Poland in the coming months to advise the police force about how Irish fans behave and how to defuse any situations involving drunk fans. Continue reading
Polish authorities rule hooligans must uncover faces
Friday’s riots in Poland, which marred the country’s Independence Day celebrations, have been a major test for the country’s security forces ahead of Euro 2012 next summer.
Polish police say the majority of the 210 people arrested during marches that turned violent were football hooligans. Although almost half of those detained were foreigners, including 92 Germans, a Spaniard, a Hungarian and a Dane, local football fans are far from being warm and fuzzy. Continue reading
Warsaw Independence Day clashes see 200 arrests
Violent clashes have marred Independence Day in the Polish capital with at least 29 people taken to hospital and more than 200 detained by Friday night, nearly half of them Germans. Three police officers are reported to be seriously injured.
As the police tried to keep swelling nationalist and anti-fascist marches apart, the celebrations started to grow violent. Continue reading
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