Unmasked, the Wembley thugs
POLICE last night released photographs of ten thugs wanted in connection with the violence that marred the Euro 2020 final at Wembley.
The images from the stadium and Central London were found by detectives after they scoured hundreds of hours of CCTV and police bodycam footage.
The Metropolitan Police, which has come in for stinging criticism over its handling of the event last Sunday, said it will bring those responsible for shocking scenes of violence to justice. Scotland Yard said two 18-year-old men from Ilford and Newham in East London had been arrested for stealing items that helped ticketless thugs storm Wembley.
Detective Sergeant Matt Simpson said: ‘We made a commitment that those responsible would face consequences. This investigation is in its very early stages and I am in no doubt that further appeals and arrests will follow.’ Up to 5,000 ticketless fans – many drunk or on drugs – may have forced their way into the final between England and Italy.
With capacity for England’s first major final for 55 years limited to 60,000, yobs knew there would be empty seats so deployed a series of tactics to sneak into the stadium. These included tailgating those with tickets through turnstiles, forcing open exit doors and disabled entrances, and bribing security guards to let them in.