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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Patrick Edrich

More calls for Hillsborough in school curriculum after 'vile' Manchester City chants

Liverpool MP Ian Byrne has renewed calls for Hillsborough to be added to the school curriculum following abusive chants from Manchester City fans at Anfield.

The West Derby MP, who survived the 1989 stadium disaster, penned an open letter to Kit Malthouse, the Secretary of State for Education. Mr Byrne said the "deeply upsetting" slurs highlighted the need for more education regarding the disaster.

A number of City fans were heard singing "murderers" and "always the victims" during the game. Visiting supporters also scrawled graffiti in the toilets in the away end in relation to the Hillsborough and Heysel tragedies. Liverpool released a statement expressing disappointment at the "vile chants".

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