Second Russian Arrested For Iron-bar Attack On English Fan

Marseille, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 31st Mar, 2018 ) :A second Russian man has been arrested and detained in connection with a violent attack on an English football fan who was left partially paralysed after fans fought running battles in Marseille during Euro 2016.

Mikhail Ivkine, who was arrested in Europe in February, was detained on March 22 and remains in custody, said lawyers.

His detention follows that of another 31-year-old Russian in Germany, also in February.

The arrests came just months before Russia hosts the World Cup with fears running high of a repeat of the 2016 rampage by Russian hooligans. Street battles ahead of the Russia-England match in the French port city in June 2016 left 35 people injured, including two England fans who suffered serious injuries.

Andrew Bache, 51, was left paralysed on the left-hand side of his body after being hit around the head with an iron bar in the violence.