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NAME: BSH SCUFFLES 20080621I TAPE: EF08/0645 IN_TIME: 10:33:04:21 DURATION: 00:01:30:20 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Mostar, 20 June 2008 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 1 Police in riot gear walking 2 Police officers standing in line 3 Group of police officers in riot gear 4 Police vehicle driving by 5 Police van driving by 6 Riot police picking up equipment from van, moving away 7 Police walking 8 Police standing, Turkey fans in the distance on the street 9 Turkey fans celebrating, AUDIO: singing, chanting 10 Wide of fans celebrating, AUDIO: singing, chanting 11 Police standing on street, one fires tear gas 12 Wide of fans on the street, police in the foreground 13 Ambulance driving by 14 Police walking on the street, Turkey fans in the background STORYLINE Police clashed with football fans in the divided Bosnian town of Mostar on Friday after Turkey beat Croatia 3-1 in the quarter-final of European Championship Security in the ethnically divided southern town was stepped up ahead of the game Muslims in Mostar traditionally support Turkey, while Bosnian Croats regard the national squad of neighbouring Croatia as their own Earlier this week, police said more than a thousand police officers, including special riot police units, would provide security in Mostar during the match AP Television pictures showed Turkey fans in Muslim eastern Mostar celebrating after the win Riot police patrolled the streets and one officer was shown firing tear gas Bosnian Croat and Muslim football fans in Mostar have a long history of fighting, including during the 2006 World Cup Mostar has been ethnically divided since the 1991-95 Bosnian war with the Neretva river being the invisible border between the Muslims and the Croats