25/02/2015

Police Search For Seven Men Over Racist Chanting

Police investigating alleged racist chanting by Chelsea supporters returning to St Pancras from Paris have appealed for information on seven men.

It is understood that a member of the public reported racist chanting by a number of people, believed to be football supporters returning from a Chelsea game in Paris last week.

A police statement reads: "The men shouted as they walked through the station having alighted from the train a short time earlier."

Police are urging anyone with any information on the incident to contact them.

(MH/CD)

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