England and Serbia fans clash in Gelsenkirchen before Euro 2024 game

A rampaging group of English hooligans have attacked a bar where Serbia supporters were drinking before the Serbia v England game at Euro 2024.

Shortly after 3.30pm local time, tens of Serbs standing outside the Aleppo bar on Arminstraße in central Gelsenkirchen were targeted with projectiles.

According to eyewitnesses, “everything you can imagine” was thrown at the Serbia supporters by the English hooligans before the arrival of 200 German riot police.

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One man, said to be from Birmingham, was left with heavy wounds to his head as he was caught up in the fighting but refused to provide his name to officers on the scene.

He was seen receiving medical attention including heavy bandaging to the head. The English fans fled the scene.