FA to probe sick taunts
The Football Association (FA) are ready to probe allegations that West Ham fans aimed sick anti-Semitic taunts at Tottenham supporters during Sunday's Premier League clash at White Hart Lane.
A section of West Ham's support were reported to have mocked the gassing of Jews in the Holocaust and chanted about Adolf Hitler during the London derby which Tottenham won 3-1.
Just days after Tottenham fan Ashley Mills was stabbed before a Europa League game against Lazio in Rome in an apparently anti-Semitic attack by Italian hooligans, West Ham supporters also sang 'Viva Lazio', 'Can we stab you every week?' and hissed on several occasions, mocking the mass execution of Jews during the Second World War.
Tottenham have a significant fanbase in the Jewish community and an FA spokesman said it was "likely" that the governing body would launch a formal investigation once the match officials' reports had been received.
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