Six further arrests after disorder from away fans at Villa Park
It brings the total number of arrests to eight
Six further arrests have been made after disorder last night (27th Nov) from away fans at Aston Villa's Europa League match with BSC Young Boys.
They were arrested at Birmingham airport this afternoon (28th Nov) on suspicion of violent disorder and assaulting a police officer.
The men join two others arrested last night (27th Nov) who are in custody. It brings the total arrests to eight.
West Midlands Police said a number of officers were assaulted by supporters of the Swiss club, with items including broken seats and coins aimed at police and Villa players, and Dutch forward Donyell Malen struck on the head.
Superintendent Paul Minor said: "We won't tolerate violence of any kind at football matches.
"The majority of the crowd was in good spirit, but unfortunately, a small minority of away fans caused violence and disrupted the game.
"An investigation has been launched, and officers are reviewing body-worn video and CCTV from the stadium of the disorder."
The violence broke out in the lower tier of the Doug Ellis Stand when Villa took the lead and dozens of police officers were deployed in riot gear.
Young Boys were fined 28,250 euros (£24,729) for similar issues involving their supporters at Manchester City two years ago and around 18,000 euros (£15,756) for the use of pyrotechnics at Celtic in February.