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British police arrest 11 individuals for on-line racist abuse following Euro 2020 ultimate

CaymanMamaNews August 05, 2021 Journal,

The UK Football Policing Unit (UKFPU) launched a hate crime investigation after racist comments were directed at some of England’s Black players following the game on July 11.

The unit said it received more than 600 reports from individuals, charities, clubs and other organizations. According to the UKFPU, 207 of these were found to be criminal in their nature.

A large inflatable version of the trophy is seen on the pitch before the UEFA Euro 2020 Championship Final between Italy and England at Wembley Stadium on July 11, 2021.

Of the 207 posts found to be criminal, 123 accounts belonged to individuals outside of the UK and British police say the details of these are being processed and passed on to the relevant countries to act on.

So far 34 accounts were found to have been in the UK, and 11 of these account holders have now been arrested.

The barrage of racist social media abuse was aimed at England players Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka after they missed penalties in the shootout at the end of the Euro 2020 final last month.