Police probe video of West Ham fans' anti-semitic chants on train in Stamford Hill

 
Police presence: Officers outside White Hart Lane before the match (Picture: Rex)
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Police are investigating video footage of a group of West Ham football supporters chanting anti-semitic songs on a London train.

The group of fans were filmed as they travelled to White Hart Lane for their team’s game with Tottenham yesterday afternoon.

Posted on Twitter last night, the video is said to have been filmed as the fans passed through Stamford Hill, a well-known Jewish part of London.

The highly-offensive chant included the words: ‘I’ve got a foreskin, how about you? F*****g Jew.’

A spokeswoman for British Transport Police said: “We are aware of the footage and we are investigating it.”

The footage, which emerged after the game ended in a 2-2 draw, follows controversy over the group of Chelsea fans who pushed a black man off a Paris Metro train and chanted a racist song after a match in the French capital last Tuesday.

A former policeman has been identified as one of the men sought by police in connection with the incident.

Richard Barklie, 50, a former officer with the Police Service of Northern Ireland, has apologised for his involvement and insisted he is not a racist.

The Chelsea season ticket holder is one of the three men whose images were released by Scotland Yard as part of an investigation into a group of supporters who allegedly pushed the commuter off the train and chanted “We’re racist, we’re racist and that’s the way we like it”.

The Met has identified the three men and passed their details to French police. The force said it would seek banning orders against the three.

Mr Barklie issued a statement through his lawyer in which he admitted involvement but he had an account he wanted to provide to police that would explain the “context and circumstances”.

He denied singing racist songs and said he travelled to the game alone.

Five people have so far been suspended from Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge ground following investigations into the incident.

Police are also seeking a gang of men, believed to be Chelsea fans, who were heard shouting racist chants at London St Pancras station on Wednesday evening.

They are believed to have been returning home after attending Chelsea’s match with PSG on Tuesday.

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