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New Scotland Yard has been on London's Victoria Street since 1967. (Akira Suemori, File/AP)
New Scotland Yard has been on London's Victoria Street since 1967. (Akira Suemori, File/AP)

Cape Town - British Police have spoken to three men in connection with the alleged racist incident involving Chelsea supporters on a Paris Metro train.

Scotland Yard had released images of the men they believed were among a group of supporters who allegedly refused to let a black man board the train while chanting a racist song on the way to Chelsea's Champions League draw against Paris St Germain on Tuesday.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said on Sunday that the three men had now been identified and the force was liaising with the French authorities.

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