The scene in the French city of Marseille has been
French police have fired tear gas and used water cannon on fans on a third day of unrest in the lead up to the Three Lions' first game of Euro 2016.
Sky's Sports Correspondent Paul Kelso said a gang of what appeared to be Russian supporters stormed into the old port area of the city, looking for English fans to attack in the hours before kick-off.
He said: "A gang of what appears to be Russian supporters, hooligans, very well organised, stormed into the old port area and looked for English fans to attack.
"Bottles being hurled at England fans and what appears to be a lack of containment. Lots of injuries. Head injuries. Some nasty cuts and the police, whatever tactics they tried to employ, clearly hasn't worked.
described as being "like a battlefield", after England fans were attacked by a group of suspected Russian supporters.
French police have fired tear gas and used water cannon on fans on a third day of unrest in the lead up to the Three Lions' first game of Euro 2016.
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He said: "A gang of what appears to be Russian supporters, hooligans, very well organised, stormed into the old port area and looked for English fans to attack.
"Bottles being hurled at England fans and what appears to be a lack of containment. Lots of injuries. Head injuries. Some nasty cuts and the police, whatever tactics they tried to employ, clearly hasn't worked.
"For the second time in more than 18 years, Marseille looks more like a battlefield."
At least five people have been wounded in the violence, with six people arrested.
TV footage showed fans throwing chairs taken from restaurant terraces and fighting on a stairway, where one man was seen kicking another down the stairs.
Sky's Siobhan Robbins said she saw 300 youths storm down a street in the same part of the city.
Robbins said she had been told they were local French youths.
She said: "We saw chairs being thrown, we saw bottles being thrown, tables being thrown.
"There were some fairly bad injuries as well.
"A man with blood running down his face. He said he had been attacked by local French people."
One French fan who called himself Hakim, told Sky News: "I was with English fans and we were singing.
"After, we were seeing maybe 250 people coming. They weren't afraid and they wanted to fight with English fans.
"I've seen a lot of blood - English blood. It will be very, very not good."
Across the city at the Stade Velodrome, where the Group B clash between England and Russia will take place, the situation remains calm amid heavy security.
Lines of police are drawn up outside, with sirens blaring and a mobile water cannon parked outside.
At least five people have been wounded in the violence, with six people arrested.
TV footage showed fans throwing chairs taken from restaurant terraces and fighting on a stairway, where one man was seen kicking another down the stairs.
Sky's Siobhan Robbins said she saw 300 youths storm down a street in the same part of the city.
Robbins said she had been told they were local French youths.
She said: "We saw chairs being thrown, we saw bottles being thrown, tables being thrown.
"There were some fairly bad injuries as well.
"A man with blood running down his face. He said he had been attacked by local French people."
One French fan who called himself Hakim, told Sky News: "I was with English fans and we were singing.
"After, we were seeing maybe 250 people coming. They weren't afraid and they wanted to fight with English fans.
"I've seen a lot of blood - English blood. It will be very, very not good."
Across the city at the Stade Velodrome, where the Group B clash between England and Russia will take place, the situation remains calm amid heavy security.
Lines of police are drawn up outside, with sirens blaring and a mobile water cannon parked outside.
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