Police Investigate ‘islamophobic And Xenophobic’ Chants By Spain Fans Against Egypt

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Police successful Spain are investigating “Islamophobic and xenophobic” chants heard during Spain’s friends against Egypt successful Barcelona.

The Spain coach, Luis de la Fuente, connected Tuesday nighttime condemned “xenophobic aliases racist attitudes” aft fans many times made anti-Muslim chants and connected Wednesday Spain’s justness minister, Félix Bolaños, besides said retired against what happened.

Catalonia’s location constabulary force, nan Mossos d’Esquadra, wrote connected X: “We are investigating yesterday’s Islamophobic and xenophobic chants astatine RCDE Stadium during nan Spain-Egypt friends match.”

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Egypt’s nationalist anthem was jeered earlier nan 0-0 tie successful a pre-World Cup friends and authorities astatine nan RCDE Stadium appealed to fans much than erstwhile complete nan nationalist announcement strategy to refrain from making violative comments.

An anti favoritism connection was past displayed connected surface wrong nan stadium. Bolaños posted connected X: “Racist insults and chants embarrass america arsenic a society. The acold correct will not time off immoderate abstraction free from their hatred, and those who stay silent coming will beryllium complicit.”

De la Fuente said aft nan draw: “I consciousness full and absolute repulsion towards immoderate xenophobic aliases racist attitudes. They are intolerable.”

Egypt is simply a majority-Muslim state and nan teenage Spain and Barcelona prima Lamine Yamal is besides Muslim. Spain were hosting Egypt successful a crippled that had been expected to beryllium played successful Qatar earlier nan region was affected by nan Iran war. Spain’s World Cup opponents see Saudi Arabia.