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Soccer fans (AFP)
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London - British police announced on Saturday that they were investigating reports a group of Chelsea supporters chanted racist songs at a London train station after returning from Paris earlier this week.

Investigations were already under way after footage emerged showing Chelsea fans preventing a black man from boarding a Paris metro train on Tuesday and chanting: "We're racist, we're racist, and that's the way we like it!"

A member of the public has now alleged that Chelsea fans made racist chants at St Pancras station on Wednesday, after returning from watching their side's 1-1 draw with Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League.

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