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| Four England football fans have been beaten up in Moscow ahead of the Euro 2008 qualifying match with Russia, the Foreign Office has said. | Four England football fans have been beaten up in Moscow ahead of the Euro 2008 qualifying match with Russia, the Foreign Office has said. |
| A spokesman said two of the fans - among 4,000 in the city - had been treated and released and the two others were expected to leave hospital later. | A spokesman said two of the fans - among 4,000 in the city - had been treated and released and the two others were expected to leave hospital later. |
| None of the supporters are thought to have suffered serious injuries. | None of the supporters are thought to have suffered serious injuries. |
| A total of 6,000 police officers will be stationed around the stadium on Wednesday to prevent crowd trouble. | A total of 6,000 police officers will be stationed around the stadium on Wednesday to prevent crowd trouble. |
| According to police in Moscow, officers are now guarding the hotel where many of the England fans are staying. | According to police in Moscow, officers are now guarding the hotel where many of the England fans are staying. |
| Crucial game | Crucial game |
| Moscow deputy police chief Yevgeny Gildeyev told the AFP news agency that five clashes between Russians and England fans had been reported on Tuesday night. | Moscow deputy police chief Yevgeny Gildeyev told the AFP news agency that five clashes between Russians and England fans had been reported on Tuesday night. |
| He said five Britons had been hospitalised with "various injuries" and a 25-year-old Moscow resident had been arrested suspected of being involved in one of the beatings. | He said five Britons had been hospitalised with "various injuries" and a 25-year-old Moscow resident had been arrested suspected of being involved in one of the beatings. |
| He also appealed for supporters not to antagonise each other. | He also appealed for supporters not to antagonise each other. |
| "We appeal both to Russian and English supporters not to show any inappropriate behaviour towards each other, either inside or outside the stadium," he said. | "We appeal both to Russian and English supporters not to show any inappropriate behaviour towards each other, either inside or outside the stadium," he said. |
| British football fans get drunk and provoke conflicts themselves Yevgeny GildeyevMoscow deputy police chief Moscow braced for riots | |
| Russian news agency Itar-Tass quoted Mr Gildeyev saying that England fans were behaving inappropriately. | |
| He said many were giving the impression they had gone to Moscow "simply in order to drink and amuse themselves in clubs". | |
| He was also quoted as saying that "British football fans get drunk and provoke conflicts themselves", adding that police had found some of them in such a state of drunkenness on Tuesday they were forced to accompany them back to their hotels. | |
| England fans laid a wreath during a ceremony in Moscow | |
| Russian radio station Ekho Moskvy reported that England fans were beaten in violent clashes across Moscow's city centre with three incidents taking place at the same time. | |
| It said the first clash happened near an underground station when four England fans were making their way back to their rooms in a hotel. | |
| They were attacked in a subway and beaten up. | |
| At approximately the same time, a 33-year-old fan was seriously beaten up on a Moscow street and suffered head injuries, the station reported. | |
| It said a 25-year-old was arrested in connection with this attack. | |
| The independent station said a third attack also took place in the city centre with a drunk England fan being taken to a police station saying he had been beaten in a bar. | |
| Crucial game | |
| The authorities have prepared a massive security operation to try to prevent violence in and around the Luzhniki stadium. | The authorities have prepared a massive security operation to try to prevent violence in and around the Luzhniki stadium. |
| England need a draw to go through to the final stage of Euro 2008 while Russia need to win to progress. | |
| Russia has some of the most feared football fans in Europe and a problem with organised hooliganism. | Russia has some of the most feared football fans in Europe and a problem with organised hooliganism. |
| When Russia lost to Japan in the 2002 World Cup football fans rioted in the centre of Moscow, burning cars and smashing shop windows. Two people were killed. | When Russia lost to Japan in the 2002 World Cup football fans rioted in the centre of Moscow, burning cars and smashing shop windows. Two people were killed. |
| Earlier in the day, England fans, accompanied by the British ambassador, took part in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier in Red Square. |