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Saturday, July 4, 1998
Hooligan Watch
Bubbly ban in Lyon Some 64 people are in prison for World Cup-related charges, France's interior ministry has said.Of these 64, 38 have been convicted and jailed for terms ranging between one week to two years and 26 are awaiting sentencing, the ministry said. Of non-French people convicted, 23 Britons are in jail after being convicted or awaiting sentencing. Eight Germans are in prison and five Argentines have also been jailed. Legal action has been taken against 153 people on World Cup related offences. Many have been fined or given suspended jail sentences and some were freed.Offences vary from pick-pocketing to attempted murder. An alcohol ban, the first in Lyon in six games, is to be imposed in Lyon for the quarter-final between Germany and Croatia. Extra police will also be on duty following outbreaks of trouble involving fans at other venues. Some alcohol restrictions will also be in force at Argentina's match with the Netherlands in Marseille whereauthorities imposed a partial ban the last time the Dutch were in the city, for the group game with South Korea. A 43-year-old English engineer was arrested on suspicion of having stabbed to death a Frenchman in a train last Tuesday, the day of England's World Cup defeat by Argentina.Copyright © 1998 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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