Moroccan football fans rioted in France and Italy on Tuesday, attacking police, setting off fireworks, and smashing objects in several cities.
Fans of the Moroccan national football team rioted in France and Italy on Tuesday night, attacking police, setting off fireworks, and smashing objects in several cities.
Hundreds of Morocco fans took to the streets of the French city of Avignon on Tuesday evening after the Moroccan men’s football team reach the world cup quarter-finals for the first time in Qatar, beating Spain on penalties. While initially, the crowds were peaceful, tensions arose around 8:30 pm when a group of youths attempted to loot a truck that was passing by. Police officers also deployed tear gas when smaller groups approached a local police station,Youths then began smashing up local shop windows, with two businesses, a shop that buys and sells gold and an insurance agency, looted by the rioters.
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