England thugs add shame to misery

Thugs in England and Jersey added shame to England’s misery today by launching attacks on Portuguese people celebrating their defeat of Sven-Goran Eriksson’s Euro 2004 team.

Scores of terrified fans – including children – were escorted to safety by police after being besieged by a mob inside a Portuguese-run pub in Norfolk for more than two hours.

Missiles, including bottles, were thrown at the pub in Thetford, which is managed by a group of Portuguese businessmen.

Eleven people were arrested and a number of police officers, including a woman, were injured.

In Jersey, police used CS gas to disperse a crowd of 1,500 England supporters who taunted members of the island’s large Portuguese community.