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Heysel memorial: Liverpool FC marks disaster thirty years on

A private memorial service at Anfield marked the 30th anniversary of the Heysel disaster Credit: liverpoolfc.com

Liverpool FC has marked the thirtieth anniversary of the Heysel disaster with a private memorial at Anfield.

The memorial remembered the disaster of 29 May 1985 when 39 people - mostly Juventus fans - died under a collapsing wall after violence broke out in the Heysel Stadium in Brussels before the European Cup Final.

There have also been services of remembrance in Brussels and Turin.