two dead and 559 arrests – Liberation

Incidents broke out on Saturday evening everywhere in France after the overwhelming victory (5-0) of Parisians against Inter Milan in Munich. In the capital, the supporters of the supporters was heard everywhere, from the Place de la République to that of the Bastille, on the Grands Boulevards and in Barbès. 5,400 police and gendarmes were Mobilized in Paris and its agglomeration. “Many people in Paris. (…) Very few tensions outside the Champs-Elysées and the Parisian peripheral boulevard, on which the police intervene systematically to oust the troublemakers and relaunch traffic ”, assured the Paris police headquarters. 491 people were arrested in Paris, leading to 254 police custody, according to the police headquarters.

This Sunday morning, the police reported for all France of 559 arrests and two dead. The driver of a scooter, 20, lost her life in the 15th arrondissement of Paris after being struck a car which According to RTL seemed to transport Parisian supporters. A Daxin the Landes, a teenager was stabbed on the sidelines of the celebrations. In Grenoblea driver has mowed four people from the same family after trying to make a controlled slippage. Two are in serious condition. In the English Channel, a police officer was placed in artificial coma after being injured by a mortar shot. According to a police source, it was affected at the level of the eye on the square of the Coutances cathedral. His condition is « Worrying », According to the prosecutor Gauthier Poupeau.

In Paris, the incidents started in the second period of the match, while PSG led 2 to 0, Porte de Saint-Cloud and at the top of the avenue des Champs-Elysées. The prefecture questioned a « Mal intentioned public », While sporadic scuffles have broken down several times on the Champs-Elysées between the police and small mobile groups, exchanging tear gas shots and fireworks or various projectiles. « Disorders on the Champs-Elysées are looking for the incident and go to the repeated contact with agents with fireworks and various projectiles », commented the prefecture.

An avenue shoe store was looted, around thirty people were arrested. A water launcher was used by the police for, explained the prefecture, « Protect the Place de l’Etoile, the barrier put in place having been driven by a very numerous audience not clearly watching the match, making thrusts to go into contact with the police. » Place de l’Etoile, completely prohibited for traffic and pedestrians, had been « Sanctuarized » For the occasion, under the terms of the police prefect, Laurent Nuñez.

Before the end of the match, around 10 p.m., 59 people had been arrested, « Mainly for the holding of fireworks, incendiary products ». And nine other orders near the ring road, near the Parc des Princes. Peripherals invaded several times by dozens of people with fireworks and smoke bombs. Porte de Saint-Cloud, a car was burnt down shortly before 11 p.m., then a second around midnight, according to AFP journalists. Urban furniture has been broken here and there, an burned ephemeral terrace and degraded windows in the adjacent streets. Libre-service bikes have also been burned on the famous avenue.

Saturated with calls at 18, the Paris firefighters tried on X to channel requests: “Due to the events currently affecting Paris, we receive a large number of calls. If your call is not an emergency character, we invite you to immediately release the emergency call line. ”

In a message posted on X, The Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleaunot particularly known for his sense of measure, has rebellious « Against barbarians who came to the streets of Paris to commit crimes and provoke the police, » while the « Real PSG supporters are being excited in front of their team’s magnificent match » :: “I provide my support for the police prefect and all the police officers who are watching everyone’s safety tonight. It is unbearable that it is not possible to party without fear of the savagery of a minority of thugs which do not respect anything ”, concluded the minister.

Update at 10:20 a.m. With the death of the Parisian driver and the number of arrests in France and at 11:37 a.m. with information from the Channel.