Italian Football Federation investigates antisemitic chants

The Italian Football Federation, also known as Federcalcio, announced that it will investigate antisemitic chants from fans of the Italian teams Juventus and Inter Milan.

A video posted on Twitter shows a group of Inter Milan fans chanting “the champions of Italy are Jews” just before kick-off of their game against A.C. Milan.

A.C. Milan published the video on its official Twitter account and wrote in English in the caption “such a shame.”

Violence also broke out between supporters of the rival teams during the game.

Also Juventus fans in Florence’s Artemio Franchi stadium were caught on video chanting “the Viola aren’t Italians, they’re a pack of Jews” during the team’s away game against the soccer club Fiorentina, who are widely by the nickname Viola in reference to their purple uniforms.

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