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Clashes broke out this Friday, May 2 in the Parcager Visitors of the Marcel-Tribut Stadium, on the sidelines of the Ligue 2 match between Dunkirk and Laval (0-0). Mayenne supporters accuse CRS of having made disproportionate use of force.
The evening was tense in the stands as on the field, Friday in Dunkirk. If the match between the USLD and the Lavallois stadium ended in a zero score (0-0), the meeting was marked by serious incidents in the visitors parking, where the Mayennais supporters were grouped.
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According to several concordant testimonies reported by Radio oxygen or Here Mayenneit would have started upon entering the stadium, with a excavation deemed particularly long and strict. A banner of Laval ultras-“SLMFC make us bandage”-has been refused.
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Then, a few minutes after kick -off, tensions broke out when security asked certain supporters to get off the gates. All would have complied, with the exception of the corpo (tribune leader), which would have caused the intervention of the police.
Four injured, affected families
CRS would then have loaded, using LABSRIEUS AND GAS to disperse the group. Images published on social networks show traces of blood on seats. Four Laval supporters were injured, two of which were placed in police custody. Four others were briefly arrested and then released. Several families with children also claim to have been taken in the jostling.
UD83D UDFE0 U26AB UFE0F The Laval match in Dunkirk was enamelled with violence. Security has made the excavations last and refused the entrance to a banner: “SLMFC makes us bandage. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/gjSBRJzOlB
– Сpire Legeay (@cyprien_legeay) https://twitter.com/cyprien_legeay/status/1918403604731359457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
No official communication has yet been made by clubs or the prefecture. Contacted by local media, a security official in Dunkirk spoke of a fear of land invasion, which would have justified the reinforced presence of the CRS. The Laval stadium, for its part, plans to bring the facts to the Professional Football League, after analysis of video surveillance images and the report of the match delegate.
