PARIS (AP) – French police have detained more than 400 people involved in violent clashes in Paris and other French cities Saturday night after Paris Saint-Germain won the championship. champions league title.
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said seven police officers were injured after soccer fans set fires and vandalized shops, calling the violence “absolutely unacceptable”. One small group even attempted to attack a Paris police station.
Nuñez said there were riots in about 15 cities in France, with a total of nearly 400 people detained, including nearly 300 in Paris alone.
However, he said the team’s victory celebration, scheduled for Sunday afternoon on the Champ de Mars near the Eiffel Tower, would go ahead as planned. The PSG team will then be welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysée Presidential Palace.
After the final whistle blew in Budapest, Hungary on Saturday night, fans began celebrating in Paris. paris saint germain They won a dramatic final, defeating Arsenal on penalties.
Fans marched down a boulevard near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, some lighting smoke bombs and honking their car horns. About 20,000 people gathered on the Champs-Elysées, and police worked to contain the crowd.
The Paris police department said small groups caused disturbances in various places, with some destroying shops and setting fires. A car was also set on fire. Police said the people who tried to storm the police station in the upscale 8th Arrondissement area were dispersed.
Last May, after PSG’s first victory, 201 people were injured in the French capital, Paris, and police arrested more than 500 people across France.
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