[E433]Euro 2016 violence spreads to second French city
Euro 2016 violence spreads to second French city
MARSEILLE[1], FRANCE
BY MITCH PHILLIPS
Violent clashes[暴力冲突] between fans spread to a second French city on Saturday, tainting[2] the opening days of the Euro 2016 football tournament and raising questions among supporters over policing tactics.
Several hundred English and Russian fans squared off[3] in Marseille, hurling[4] beer bottles and chairs and drawing volleys[5] of tear gas from riot police[防暴警察] who struggled to contain the skirmishes[6] in the narrow streets of the Vieux Port (Old Port)[马赛的旧港].
Later, in scenes that could draw sanctions from European football's governing body, UEFA, Russian supporters charged their English counterparts inside Marseille's Stade Velodrome[韦洛德罗姆球场] moments after the final whistle[终场哨] of their teams' 1-1 draw.
England fans were forced to scale fences[攀登围墙/栅栏] to escape the charge, while shocking pictures of a father trying to protect his young son while masked Russian fans were kicking and punching retreating fans around him went viral[快速散播;流传] and left fans fuming at[对…生气,对…感到恼火] the authorities' failure to intervene.
The Russian team could now face an anxious wait after the crowd trouble. Four years ago Russia was sanctioned and handed a suspended six-point deduction following crowd trouble in Poland[波兰] at Euro 2012.
Meanwhile, along the Mediterranean coast[地中海海岸], Northern Irish fans[北爱尔兰粉丝] were involved in a ugly exchanges with locals in the city of Nice that left seven people hurt.
European football's governing body, UEFA, condemned[谴责;判刑;定罪;声讨] the day's events. "People engaging in such violent acts have no place in football," it said in a statement.
Marseille's emergency services said 31 people were injured in Saturday's disorder, including one middle-aged man who was knocked unconscious, and one England supporter who suffered a heart attack.
Broken glass and debris[破裂的玻璃和碎片] littered some roads and alleys[小巷] near the waterfront, the focal point[重点;焦点] of clashes between English, Russian and French fans.
The clouds of tear gas produced images of unrest all too similar, though on a much smaller scale, to those in the city 18 years ago when violence flared for two days and nights around England's World Cup game against Tunisia[突尼斯].
While the tournament is being played under a state of emergency after militant Islamists[伊斯兰教激进分子;武斗派] attacked Paris in November, French police will be under pressure to snuff out[扼杀;消灭;死掉] the fan violence.
France has deployed more than 90,000 police, soldiers and private security agents across the country to ensure safety for the tournament in the face of intelligence agency[情报局] warnings of potential attacks on stadiums, fan zones[球迷专区] or other soft targets.
(Additional reporting by Antonio Denti and Jean-Francois Rosnoblet in Marseille and Richard Lough, Dominique Vidalon and Chine Labbe in Paris; writing by Richard Lough; editing by Janet Lawrence and Dominic Evans)
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注释
[1]MARSEILLE 法国马赛市
a port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean
[2]taint：to spoil something, especially food or blood, by adding a harmful substance, or to spoil people's opinion of someone （通过添加有害物质而）污染，使腐败，玷污，败坏
His reputation was permanently tainted by the financial scandal.
那起财务丑闻让他一辈子声名狼藉。
[3]square off：to get ready for an argument or a fight.
John was angry and appeared to be squaring off for a fight.
When those two square off, everyone gets out of the way.
[4]hurl：to throw something with a lot of force, usually in an angry or violent way （通常指愤怒或用力地）抛，扔
[5]volley：a large number of bullets (seeming to be) fired at the same time （枪弹的）齐射，群射
Even as the funeral took place, guerrillas hidden nearby fired/let off a fresh volley of machine-gun fire.
甚至在葬礼举行过程时，埋伏在附近的游击队又进行了一轮机枪扫射。
[6]skirmish：a fight between a small number of soldiers which is usually short and not planned, and which happens away from the main area of fighting in a war 小冲突，小规模战斗
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