France steps up security as Lyon hosts 15,000 Turkish football fans

French officials have stepped up security in Lyon ahead of the home team’s Europa League quarter-final match against Besiktas on Thursday, with thousands of Turkish fans converging on the city to support the Istanbul team.


Security has been tightened due to the attack on the Borussia Dortmund team bus on Tuesday night, which injured a player and forced a match against French club Monaco to be postponed by 24 hours.

French authorities had already labelled Thursday’s quarter-final in Lyon a “high-risk” match, fearing it might be used by Turkish fans to make a political statement, only a few days before a controversial referendum in their country.
  [france24.com]
13/4/17