On Saturday evening in Paris and other areas in France broke out violent clashes after gathering huge crowds of fans to watch and celebrate the victory of Parisian Saint Germain (PSG) over Inter Milan in the Champions League final.
Two people died and the French Ministry of the Interior announced that 559 arrests were carried out during the celebrations throughout France.
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A 17 -year -old man reportedly died after a sting in Dax during the PSG Street Party after the finals, the National Police Service said. Meanwhile, the police said that the death of a 24 -year -old man was being investigated after a collision with a car.
“We are not yet sure whether it is associated with celebrations last night, but the investigation is open, the police chief in Paris Laurent Nunez quoted the news, as they say during a press conference on Sunday.
In addition, the police officer was accidentally hit by fireworks at the PSG assembly in the northwest France and placed in an artificial coma for eye -eye injuries.
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The local police were quoted by the Associated Press agency when they said that a total of 201 people were injured around the capital, four of them seriously. Nine police officers also suffer from “light injuries”.
What led to violent clashes in Paris?
The PSG Club brought the trophy back to Paris for the first time after the 5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 victory in the Champions League final on Saturday evening in Munich.
It is estimated that 11.8 million viewers watched French television when PSG became only the second French site that became European champions after Marseille in 1993.
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Violence, however, disrupted the stunning victory of PSG.
According to the BBC, flares and fireworks were set out, the bus shelters broke and the cars lit in the middle of the wild celebrations because PSG first won the biggest prize in European club football for the first time.
More than 200 cars were ignited and the police met youth.
France Foreign Minister Bruno Retailleau He said in the post on X that “True fans of PSG are enthusiastic about the magnificent performance of their team, but” Barbarians got to Paris to the streets of Paris to commit crimes … “
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All -day festivities continue
PSG closed its daily festivities with a party on their home country Parc des Princes.
The day after the clash, Paris St Germain organized the celebrations of the Champs Elysees and their Parc des Princes stadium for thousands of encouraging supporters.
The show of the club victory in Central Paris continued on Sunday afternoon despite clashes, but with increased police and military presence on Earth.
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The police limited the numbers of 100,000 for security reasons. On Sunday evening, the police deployed tears at the Parc des Stadium, when dozens without tickets were reportedly trying to enter the security district.
After the stadium was emptied, supporters threw fireworks to the police that responded with a tear gas, Reuters reported.
PSG condemns violence
Paris Saint-Germain He issued a statement condemning “at the strongest possible time of violence that occurred during the celebrations”.
He said that “isolated actions” were “contrary to the club’s values and in no way represent the vast majority of our supporters”.
The club also called on all involved in the post -finals to “show responsibility and respect for this historical victory to remain the moment of pride shared by everyone.”
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