16 Jun 2016 16:16

Police in Lille free 6 Russian fans - embassy spokesman

MOSCOW. June 16 (Interfax) - Police have freed six Russian fans who were detained in Lille on Wednesday, Russian embassy to France spokesman Sergei Parinov said on Thursday.

"Six Russians who were detained yesterday on suspicion of involvement in the Marseille events have been freed," Parinov told Interfax.

One more female Russian citizen and a citizen of Ukraine detained earlier in Lille will be deported from France, he said.

Later on Thursday, the court is also supposed to make decisions on two Russians who were detained following a brawl between fans on Tuesday and two more Russian citizens detained on Wednesday in a state of intoxication, Parinov said.