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Police probing online racial abuse of Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka after the Euro final loss arrest 11 people following 600 reports from across the UK

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  • Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were abused after Euro 2020
  • All three had missed penalties in the shoot-out defeat to Italy at Wembley in June
  • The Football Policing Unit say its has had more than 600 reports from across UK
  • It said that 207 of them were criminal in nature, with 34 accounts being in the UK

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Police investigating the online racial abuse of England players after the Euro 2020 final against Italy have made 11 arrests so far.

Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were abused after they missed penalties in the shoot-out defeat at Wembley last month.

The UK Football Policing Unit say its has had more than 600 reports from across the country and 207 were criminal in nature, with 34 accounts being in the UK.

The unit has made data requests to social media firms to progress and where there have been responses the information has been passed on to local police forces.

Officers arrested 11 people on suspicion of a number of offences including malicious communications and breaching section 127 of the Communications Act 2003.

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