Champions League: Disabled fans treated like animals - French Senate told

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The inquiry was told that the disabled fans were treated like animals.

Heavy-handed policing, chaotic organisation and overcrowding were described by supporters.

One wheelchair user had to be lifted over locked gates by other fans as she tried to escape, according to a disabled supporters' spokesman.

Ted Morris called on the French interior minister to step down.

The English fans were the only ones who posed problems outside the stadium.

Mr Morris gave an account of the events before the final to the French Senate.

There were long lines of fans waiting outside the stadium in Paris for the game to start.

Police in France used tear gas and pepper spray on some people.

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More than half of the British citizens who were arrested at the Stade de France were related to ticket fraud.

Mr Morris asked Mr Darmanin to withdraw his accusation because he and his wife loved France and Paris.

I hope you have the decency to quit.

One wheelchair user was lifted over locked gates by other fans as she tried to escape the melee.

A fan who was separated from his father was attacked after they were together again.

A catastrophe has been avoided. The disabled supporters couldn't get power to help them.

The disabled fans were treated badly.

He said that he and his wife didn't care about the game anymore.

The steward told us we couldn't leave because some locals were still trying to get in.

It was terrifying for the disabled supporters when the locals attacked us at the underpass.

We hoped that the police would help us.

The football experience was terrible.

The use of tear gas on innocent fans was not necessary, according to the chair of the Spirit of Shankly supporters' group.

The authorities were urged to learn from their mistakes ahead of the Rugby World Cup in France and the Olympics in Paris.

The behavior of the fans was exemplary.

We want an apology and a retraction of the lies being told for the supporters who will be travelling to the Rugby World Cup and to the Olympics.

A chain of failures had marred the event, according to a French government report.

Huge numbers of people without tickets or fake tickets, lack of preparation for travelling fans, and security failures at the stadium were included.

The government says it will implement the recommendations of the report.

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