Injured, arrests, police custody … what we know about the hectic night after the victory of PSG – Liberation

Following qualification in the final From the Champions League on Wednesday, May 7, which ignited the Parisian streets, 3 people were injured on the sidelines of the celebrations-including a minor with a committed vital prognosis-and forty-seven were arrested. Liberty takes stock of this evening.

Shortly after midnight, near the Champs-Elysées, « A vehicle seemed to hit several individuals gathered to celebrate the victory of the PSG team »in circumstances that remain to be clarified, relates the prosecution. According to a police source, « The driver of the car forced the passage despite the crowd ». Three people were injured, including a minor who was transported to hospital with a committed vital prognosis. Still according to a police source to Release,, « Two individuals, the driver and a passenger fled on foot ».

The facts took place on rue Christophe Columbus, in the 8th arrondissement, perpendicular to the avenue des Champs-Elysées, explained the prefecture of police. The vehicle was then burnt down – in total, according to an updated assessment, four vehicles were degraded.

An investigation was opened for « violence with a weapon that led to a total incapacity for work greater than 8 days, violence with a weapon that caused a total incapacity for work less than 8 days, a flight and non-assistance to a person in danger, » said the Paris prosecutor’s office. It was entrusted to the territorial security of Paris (ST 75).

Following the match, the jubilation scenes were enamelled with tensions with the police : Forty-seven people were arrested on the night of Wednesday to this Thursday, according to the latest assessment of the police headquarters. Forty-four have been placed in police custody, indicates the Paris prosecutor’s office in Release.

In the evening, « Several hostile groups have trained to commit degradations and attack the police, throwing many projectiles in their direction » Before being scattered around 3 a.m., the police prefecture detailed. More than 2,000 police officers, gendarmes and firefighters were mobilized for this match, on the eve of the commemorative ceremonies of May 8, 1945.

During the meeting, « A few thousand » Supporters without tickets were massaged near the Parc des Princes. After the first Parisian goal, the spirits heated themselves and the police intervened to restore traffic Porte de Saint-Cloud, but without « No major incident »according to the police headquarters. The interior and outdoor device was also blocked by a hundred people.