Eleven people have been arrested so far as a result of a hate crime investigation into racist comments directed at a number of black England players after the Euro 2020 final, the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) said on Thursday.
Nine men and one woman, aged between 18 and 63, were arrested on suspicion of offences contrary to section 127 of the Communications Act 2003, and a 42-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of displaying threatening, abusive, or insulting written material that is likely to stir up racial hatred, the NPCC said.
