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The black man pushed off a Paris Metro train by Chelsea football fans chanting a racist song has said the perpetrators must be punished.

The man, identified only as 33-year-old Souleymane, told Le Parisien newspaper he initially did not understand the supporters’ chants of “We’re racist and that’s the way we like it” as he does not speak English.

He said: “I understand they were attacking me because of the colour of my skin.

“I live with racism. I was not really surprised by what happened to me even if it was a first in the subway.

“I intend to talk to anti-racism organisations. These people, these English fans, must be found and punished … What happened should not go unpunished.”

The fans’ actions have been condemned around the world after video footage of the incident went viral.

(Press Association)