By Alastair Macdonald and Philip O'Connor LILLE, France (Reuters) - At least 36 people were arrested and 16 taken to hospital on Wednesday after French police clashed with England soccer fans in the northern city of Lille, the regional police force said in a statement. French riot police charged groups of rowdy, chanting English soccer fans and used tear gas and pepper spray to disperse them on Wednesday night on the eve of England's Euro 2016 game against Wales. While they appeared to have kept the two sets of fans apart, tension mounted in the early evening with police repeatedly using pepper spray, tear gas and acoustic grenades to suppress fans near the central train station.
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