Hundreds arrested in Paris clashes after PSG Champions League win

Hundreds of group person been arrested successful Paris pursuing clashes pinch police, aft Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) fans celebrated their club's triumph successful nan Champions League final.

Officers arrested astir 300 group aft clashes collapsed retired adjacent nan city's Champs-Elysees avenue and PSG's Parc des Princes stadium, wherever astir 50,000 group had watched nan 5-0 triumph against Inter Milan successful Munich connected large screens.

Flares and fireworks were group off, autobus shelters were smashed and cars were torched amid nan chaotic celebrations.

The chaos came aft PSG won nan biggest prize successful European nine shot for nan first clip successful their history.

The mostly of fans celebrated peacefully, pinch galore singing and dancing successful nan streets aliases blaring their car horns.

The Eiffel Tower was illuminated pinch PSG's bluish and reddish colours, and French President Emmanuel Macron, a keen protagonist of Olympique de Marseille, posted connected X: "A glorious time for PSG! Bravo, we are each proud. Paris, nan superior of Europe this evening."

Approximately 5,400 constabulary were deployed across Paris in anticipation of nan raucous celebrations.

Most of nan almost 300 group detained were suspected of possessing fireworks and causing disorder, Paris constabulary said.

"Troublemakers connected nan Champs-Elysees were looking to create incidents and many times came into interaction pinch constabulary by throwing ample fireworks and different objects," constabulary said successful a statement.

Footage shared connected societal media, which has not been verified by nan BBC, appeared to show crowds attempting to break into respective shops connected nan Champs-Elysées, including Chanel and Foot Locker.

Riot constabulary reportedly utilized a h2o cannon to extremity a crowd reaching nan Arc de Triomphe, and fired tear state into nan crowds.

Other clashes betwixt constabulary and crowds occurred connected the Paris ring road. At slightest 2 cars were torched adjacent PSG's Parc des Princes stadium.

French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau took a difficult statement against nan disorder, penning connected societal media: "True PSG supporters are enjoying their team's magnificent match.

"Meanwhile, barbarians person taken to nan streets of Paris to perpetrate crimes and provoke nan police."

Meanwhile, extracurricular Paris, constabulary said a car ploughed into PSG fans successful Grenoble successful southbound eastbound France, leaving 4 group injured.

All those wounded were from nan aforesaid family, constabulary said. Two were earnestly injured.

The driver handed himself into nan constabulary and was placed nether arrest. A root adjacent to nan investigation told nan AFP news agency it was believed nan driver had not acted intentionally.

The PSG squad will clasp a triumph parade connected nan Champs-Elysees successful Paris connected Sunday erstwhile tens of thousands of supporters are expected to stitchery to get a glimpse of their returning team.

Macron's agency said he would big nan victorious players connected Sunday to congratulate them.