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Tuesday, 01 April 2008
French police investigate Paris St Germain football fans
French police are doing what they can to find the ringleaders of a group of football fans who displayed an offensive banner at the League Cup final on Sunday, which was between Paris St Germain and Lens, from the industrial northeastern part of France.

Paris St Germain fans had unfurled a banner at the game at the Stade de France, which was clearly offensive and liable to incite trouble because it called the people from northern France unemployed, inbred paedophiles.


French President Nicolas SarkozyFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy, who was present at the match with his son has said what was done by these football fans was "inadmissible".

The banner was held up for a short while during the second half of the match, and the wording on it is a reference to the title of a recent French film, Welcome to the land of the Ch'tis.

President Nicolas Sarkozy added that he was "a dismayed witness to the unfurling of a hateful banner."

Both Paris St Germain and Lens football clubs have made legal complaints about the incident, and so has the French Football League.

Paris St Germain has been known to have had trouble from their fans in the past.

If French police catch the people behind this they could be charged with inciting hatred or violence, and could face imprisonment.


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