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Victim of Chelsea fans racist abuse wants them punished

The man prevented from boarding a Paris Metro train by Chelsea football fans chanting racist slogans has called for them to be punished. The 33-year-old, named as Souleymane S, told France's Le Parisien: "These people, these English fans... should be locked up."

A video shows him trying to get on a Metro carriage but being pushed off.

A group of people can be heard singing: "We're racist, we're racist and that's the way we like it."

Souleymane S said he had not been particularly surprised by the abuse because he "lives with racism".

The father of three, a French-Mauritanian born in Paris, said he had not understood what the fans were saying but that he knew he was being targeted because of the colour of his skin.

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