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| Riot police move in as protesters target Sepp Blatter lecture with smoke bombs | |
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| Police in riot gear were deployed at a university in Zurich as protesters tried to force their way into a room where the Fifa president Sepp Blatter was giving a lecture. | Police in riot gear were deployed at a university in Zurich as protesters tried to force their way into a room where the Fifa president Sepp Blatter was giving a lecture. |
| At least one smoke bomb was let off after between 60 and 100 students managed to enter the building on Tuesday night, although they did not get into the room itself. | At least one smoke bomb was let off after between 60 and 100 students managed to enter the building on Tuesday night, although they did not get into the room itself. |
| Photographs showed a plume of red smoke inside the building and the presence of police wearing helmets and body protectors. Outside, students held up banners with slogans such as “chase Blatter away”. | Photographs showed a plume of red smoke inside the building and the presence of police wearing helmets and body protectors. Outside, students held up banners with slogans such as “chase Blatter away”. |
| Public transport was disrupted for around two hours in the region around the ETH university although no arrests or injuries were reported. | Public transport was disrupted for around two hours in the region around the ETH university although no arrests or injuries were reported. |
| Blatter, 78, is planning to stand for a fifth term as Fifa president in next year’s election. His lecture was entitled “Football as a school of life”. |