Police arrests in Turkey after clashes during a soccer match

Turkish police arrested seven people after violence erupted at a soccer match in the city of Bursa against a team from the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir, authorities said.

After the scenes, pro-Kurdish party said officials should resign over the “open racism” at the game.

Videos showed players of Amedspor being pelted with water bottles and sharp objects like small knives on the pitch, while fans chanted Turkish nationalist and anti-Kurdish slogans.

The governor’s office in northwest Turkey’s Bursa province informed three public officials were removed from their posts pending an investigation into events at Sunday’s match between Bursapor and Diyarbakir’s Amedspor.

It said prosecutors had launched proceedings against those involved in an assault in the changing rooms after the match and those involved in unfurling banners during the match. So far seven people have been detained, it added.