Wednesday, November 05, 2014

Zurich police quell protest over Fifa chief Blatter...

Helmeted police intervened to quell a demonstration over a talk given by Fifa President Sepp Blatter at the Federal Institute of Technology at Zurich (ETH) on Tuesday night.

Blatter, 78, who heads the world governing body for football, had come to give a speech entitled “Football as the school of life” on the campus of Switzerland’s top university.

But hecklers cried “shit Blatter” in German and threw coloured smoke bombs outside the auditorium where Blatter was speaking, 20 Minuten newspaper reported.

Police appeared to restore calm but then a group of 100 demonstrators got inside the building in a bid to disrupt Blatter’s talk, the newspaper said.

 However, the group was unable to find the access to the auditorium allowing officers the time to block entry to the facility. Full story...

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