Six people were arrested amid protests in Birmingham ahead of Aston Villa's football match with Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv, police said.

More than 700 officers were deployed for Aston Villa ’s Europa League clash with Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv as protests took place near the stadium.

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) had called for the fixture to be cancelled and for Israel to be excluded from international football.

The protest group began demonstrating before 6pm, a short distance from Villa Park , with the Telegraph reporting that there were chants of “front the river to the sea” and “death, death to the IDF” outside the stadium.

Around 200 protesters gathered near a children’s playpark adjacent to Villa Park’s Trinity Road stand as the demonstration got underway.

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