Eighteen people are still in police custody Sunday morning after the violent incidents that took place Saturday at the OM training center.
Nearly 300 supporters have invaded La Commanderie, while part of the Marseille club's fans are opposed to the management, against the backdrop of disappointing results.
Eighteen people were still in custody on Sunday morning after the violent incidents which took place on Saturday at the OM training center, stormed by some 300 supporters, we learned from the prosecution.
Those in custody are "all adults," added Marseille prosecutor Dominique Laurens in a statement.
"The investigations will continue throughout the day and we will take stock tomorrow morning on the first orientations", she added.
Police arrested 25 people in the evening among supporters.
Seven police officers were slightly injured, and three law enforcement vehicles were damaged in these incidents which resulted in the postponement of the OM-Rennes match initially scheduled for Saturday at 9 p.m.
The club denounces "an unjustifiable outburst of violence"
In a statement released on Saturday evening, OM denounced an "unjustifiable outburst of violence".
The club intends to file a complaint after the degradation of its training center in particular, where "thefts were perpetrated and vehicles were damaged".
Five trees were also burnt.
According to the OM, the damage to the buildings amounted to "several hundred thousand euros".
"It is astonishment for all of us, employees, staff, players. We did not expect to see all this savage horde come and destroy everything. I think we also avoided the worst. What I saw is scary, very scared. A tragedy could have occurred ", declared in the evening the president of the Marseilles club Jacques-Henri Eyraud, questioned on Canal +.
A very tense context for weeks
The president of OM is the main target of the anger of the supporters, which has been mounting for weeks and which had already manifested itself in the morning with a massive deployment of protest banners throughout the city.
At the beginning of the afternoon, gathered behind a huge "Cassez Vous" banner and carrying "Dirigeants Dehors" flags, some 300 supporters gathered in front of the gates of the La Commanderie training center and immediately lit firecrackers, fires. fireworks and smoke.
They threw many of them beyond the perimeter walls and three trees planted just at the entrance of the center ended up charred.
Passing through the right side of the site, through fields belonging to a religious community, some of these supporters then entered the grounds of the center "including the building of the professional group", according to OM.