Updated 22 February, 1pm
POLICE IN THE UK say that the three men they were looking for in connection with the Chelsea ‘racist’ Metro incident in Paris have been identified.
Yesterday, the Metropolitan Police released photographs of the three men that police wanted to speak to about an incident captured on video.
The footage showed Chelsea fans appearing to prevent a black man boarding a tram in Paris.
This afternoon, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police told TheJournal.ie:
The three men have been identified by officers. We are not naming them as it is a French investigation.
He added that UK police will not be naming the men.
“We’re racist”
In the video, a man – subsequently named as Souleymane S – could be seen being blocked from entering a Metro tram at Richelieu-Drouot station.
Some of the people on board the tram can be heard singing: “We’re racist, we’re racist and that’s the way we like it”.
The incident occurred before the Chelsea-v-Paris Saint-Germain match in Paris.
Last Thursday, Souleyman S, a 33-year-old Parisian, urged authorities to find and punish those responsible for the incident.
“I didn’t know I was filmed. The fact that I’m talking about it now gives me courage to go to the police and file a complaint,” he told La Parisien.
A spokesperson for Chelsea said last week that the behaviour of the fans had “no place in football or society”.
- Originally posted 21 February
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