On the night of the historic Champions League triumph by Paris Saint-Germain, violent riots occurred in the French capital. Two people were killed.
Rioters looted shops, hit window panes and lit cars – 294 people were arrested, as French media reported, citing the police.
There were riots in particular on the splendor boulevard, which was later cleared by the police – Champs-Élysées and near the prince park, where tens of thousands of football fans Public viewing had gathered. The emergency services were partly shot at with fireworks and, in turn, rose with tear gas against rioters.
According to the Ministry of the Interior, a woman was hit by fans on a scooter in Paris by a car and died.
Interior Minister scolds “barbarians”
France’s Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau wrote “X” in the evening “Barbarians”the emergency services would have provoked, while true fans were enthusiastic about the final between PSG and Inter Milan in Munich. Later he divided the Paris club called to all fans to behave respectfully and peacefully.
Dead at the celebration in the south of France
In the south of France, a young man was stabbed on the edge of a fan celebration to win Paris Saint-German. As a police spokeswoman said, he was fatally injured at a meeting of people in the Southwestern French Dax, who celebrated the PSG triumph. How exactly the incident came about was initially unclear. The exact age of the dead was not confirmed either.
On Saturday evening, a car drove into a crowd in Grenoble in Eastern French. According to the police, it was an accident. Four members of a family were injured, two of them seriously.
It was largely peaceful in Munich
With a 5-0 win against the Italian runner-up, PSG had secured the title in the European premier class for the first time in the club’s history. The final was held in Munich, where French fans celebrated with a base tower after the final whistle and also damaged the lawn in the stadium. On the other hand, it remained largely peaceful on the streets of the Bavarian capital: Despite smaller clashes between rival fans, most followers had behaved fairly and not rioted, the police said in the morning.