I'm sick of it. Dumb ass gits!
STUTTGART, Germany — Police broke up two brief but violent disturbances involving English soccer fans Saturday, arresting more than 300 people the day before England plays Ecuador in a World Cup second-round match.
Following Germany's 2-0 afternoon win over Sweden, English and German fans clashed in a plaza near outdoor viewing screens in this southern German city. German fans were singing in celebration when England fans began throwing plastic chairs and bottles at them, police said.
Five Germans were injured before officers in riot gear separated the two sides. Police two or three deep corralled the English fans and waded into the crowd, arresting them one by one. In all, 200 people were arrested, most of them English.
About 50,000 England fans were expected in Stuttgart for Sunday's England-Ecuador match. They were greeted with a heavy security presence — about 1,800 officers on patrol along with British police.
Early Saturday in the same downtown area, police arrested 122 English fans who had been throwing bottles and glasses at passersby from a pub terrace. No one was reported injured. Those fans will be held until Monday, police said.
In Munich, where Germany beat Sweden, the partying was mostly peaceful, though riot police did move in on at least one group of fans in the main fan area, where officials estimated at least 65,000 revelers were in the streets.
Bottles flew as police pulled several men from one group. At least two people were taken away in ambulances. Police on the scene would not explain what precipitated the action nor say how many arrests were made.
Elsewhere, at least 56 people were arrested in various incidents, police spokeswoman Veronika Flemisch said. Aside from several arrested for trying to hop the fence into a separate stadium where the game was being broadcast, others were arrested for offenses such as drug possession and public drunkenness.
The Associated Press.