AN FC Nantes supporter was stabbed to death after violence broke out ahead of the club’s Ligue 1 fixture with Nice on Saturday.
The incident occurred shortly before 8pm local time when a group of Nantes supporters attacked Nice fans who were on their way to the Stade de la Beaujoire.
GettyA Nantes fan has been stabbed to death by a taxi driver after violence erupted before their Ligue 1 match with Nice[/caption]
The victim, 31, was killed by a taxi driver after attacking his vehicle full of Nice supporters, according to French outlet Ouest.
The report adds that cars were being shaken as they travelled along the Cours des Cinquante-Otages, one of the main roads that leads to the stadium.
The taxi driver reportedly stabbed the victim in the back as the attack broke out between the two sets of fans outside the Saint Georges Bar near the ground.
The assailant has now subsequently turned himself in.
According to Get French Football News, the Nantes fan was a member of the club’s most notorious fan group, Brigade Loire.
It’s been reported that responders attempted to give him CPR after arriving at the scene, before transferring him to the University Hospital of Nantes where he subsequently passed away.