Original sentence: Germain were reported as attempting to cover this up, and made accusations including that the Turkish supporters at the match — despite being overwhelmingly outnumbered  —  were able to inflict large numbers of casualties upon the French supporters while taking on only one casualty themselves.It was later reported that stadium security allowed French supporters to carry in staves, while confiscating flags from Turkish supporters  —  apparently in an attempt to allow armed French supporters to attack Turkish supporters
Edited sentence: Germain had tried to cover this up, and made accusations including that the Turkish supporters at the match — despite being overwhelmingly outnumbered  —  were able to inflict large numbers of casualties upon the French supporters while taking on only one casualty themselves.It was later revealed that stadium security allowed French supporters to carry in staves, while confiscating flags from Turkish supporters  —  apparently in an attempt to allow armed French supporters to attack Turkish supporters