Who’s responsible for rampaging football fans?

Zurich police recently published video footage showing football fans rioting in a stadium. The violent images shocked the Swiss public and questions are increasingly being raised as to how to tackle the problem. (SF/swissinfo.ch)

This content was published on September 2, 2011 - 11:55

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