Hundreds arrested as violence continues around PSG's Champions League win

Published connected 02/06/2025 - 14:24 GMT+2•Updated 14:29

A further 79 group person been arrested successful Paris arsenic unit continued to disrupt Paris St Germain's (PSG) celebrations aft its historic Champions League win, nan capital's constabulary main has said.

After much than 100,000 group welcomed nan return of PSG players to nan French superior pursuing their 5-0 thrashing of Inter Milan successful nan Champions League last connected Saturday, a 2nd nighttime of scattered convulsive incidents ensued.

Paris constabulary prefect Laurent Nuñez told RTL power that groups of individuals gathered adjacent to nan PSG stadium and connected nan Champs-Élysées avenue aft midnight, causing trouble.

"During nan night, aft 1 am, individuals pinch malicious intent returned to nan ringing roadworthy adjacent nan Parc des Princes," he said.

Nuñez said that immoderate of nan group had utilized makeshift barriers and blocked nan ringing roadworthy for "at least" 15 minutes, earlier being dispersed by a "rapid guidance from nan police."

He said that different troublemakers group disconnected fireworks and vandalised section shops, pinch "four aliases possibly five" looted.

Nuñez said calm was restored by 3:30 americium successful nan early hours of Monday.

PSG had earlier put connected an open-top autobus parade successful nan metropolis for its fans.

The winners of European nine football's biggest prize arrived successful Paris connected Sunday day and headed to France’s astir celebrated avenue, nan Champs-Élysées, which overnight connected Saturday saw acts of unit and clashes pinch riot police.

Police had made much than 560 arrests crossed France connected Saturday night, pinch Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau confirming that 307 group were being held successful custody.

The Interior Ministry said successful a connection that 22 constabulary officers had been injured successful nan violence, 18 of them successful Paris.

"The wide number of arrests is very high, it is wholly unprecedented," Nuñez said.

Celebrations were mostly serene but degenerated into unit successful immoderate areas.

A 17-year-old boy was stabbed to decease successful nan occidental metropolis of Dax during a PSG thoroughfare statement aft nan final, nan nationalist constabulary work said.

While successful Paris, a man successful his 20s was killed erstwhile his scooter was deed by a car during PSG celebrations.