England fan's ear bitten off during Uruguay game

[Jonathan Fairfield]

England fan's ear bitten off during Uruguay game

An England fan had his ear bitten off by another England fan during the side's World Cup game against Uruguay in Brazil, police in Britain said on Saturday.

The assault at the Group D game in Sao Paulo on 19 June left the man with half of his left ear ripped off and bloodied, they said.

A fan has made a complaint to police and the name of a suspect has been given to police, although no arrests have been made, the Association of Chief Police Officers said.

England lost the game 2-1 to Uruguay, with Liverpool striker Luis Suarez scoring both goals, meaning that the European side failed to progress pass the group stage.

Suarez has since been sent home from the World Cup for biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini in Uruguay's final Group D match.

British police issued a statement after former Liverpool striker Stan Collymore tweeted that he had seen footage of the fan attack.

Chief Superintendent Rachel Barber said: "We were made aware during the England vs Uruguay match in Sao Paulo that an incident had taken place which resulted in an England fan having a portion of his ear bitten off by another England fan.

"In the immediate aftermath, we managed to make contact with the victim and offered advice and support.

"The day after the attack, the victim chose to make a formal complaint to the local police, and they opened an investigation."

Police went to England's final match against Costa Rica in Belo Horizonte in case the assailant travelled to the match but did not find him there.

Britain's Foreign Office said it was "aware of an incident in Sao Paulo on June 19 involving a British national" and provided consular assistance.

-- (c) Copyright AFP 2014-06-29

[Carib]

Suarez and Van Gogh ??

[NongKhaiKid]

For a moment i thought Suarez had been in two places at once.

[ClutchClark]

For a moment i thought Suarez had been in two places at once.

The police interviewed the British "Biter" and he says there was no bite, he had simply lost his balance in the stands and was only able to stop his fall against the victims ear.

[NongKhaiKid]

For a moment i thought Suarez had been in two places at once.

The police interviewed the British "Biter" and he says there was no bite, he had simply lost his balance in the stands and was only able to stop his fall against the victims ear.

' British ' biter don't you mean ENGLISH.

OK I'm a card carrying member of SNP and I'm voting Yes and nobody has to pay me. 555

[ClutchClark]

For a moment i thought Suarez had been in two places at once.

The police interviewed the British "Biter" and he says there was no bite, he had simply lost his balance in the stands and was only able to stop his fall against the victims ear.

' British ' biter don't you mean ENGLISH.

OK I'm a card carrying member of SNP and I'm voting Yes and nobody has to pay me. 555

I was afraid I would get called out on that...but British Biter had a better ring to it.

[NongKhaiKid]

You are in Thailand where honesty isn't always the best policy in fact it's nobody's policy.

[LazyDaisy]

In the interests of small-minded nationalistic spite, may I point out that if Scotland secedes, the mean murder rate of the UK will drop considerably. The English may chew each other's ears off, but we aren't nearly as enthusiastic about killing each other as the Scots.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/433651/Scotland-still-top-of-British-murder-rates-despite-record-fall-in-violent-deaths

[Jingthing]

Was he wearing a defective t-shirt?

[bannork]

ear we go, Suarez bit off more then he could chew,the English team made a pig's ear of their World Cup bid and now the fans prove they have nothing between their ears. I've ad it up to ear with the whole sorry business.

[denby45]

"we managed to make contact with the victim and offered advice and support."

But he couldn't hear us very well. 55555555

[NanLaew]

In the interests of small-minded nationalistic spite, may I point out that if Scotland secedes, the mean murder rate of the UK will drop considerably. The English may chew each other's ears off, but we aren't nearly as enthusiastic about killing each other as the Scots.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/433651/Scotland-still-top-of-British-murder-rates-despite-record-fall-in-violent-deaths

So? That's only the mean murder rate. What about the not so mean murder rate, the non-spiteful murder rate and the quite happily murdered rate? Or even the crime of passion murder rate?

"The Sassenachs know absolutely nuthin' aboot murrdurr." - DCI Taggart