Al -Malab newspaper – Two people were killed and 559 people were arrested after thousands of Paris Saint -Germain fans went out to the streets of the French capital yesterday, Saturday, to celebrate their club winning the Champions League title for the first time in its history.
While the majority of the fans celebrated peace, Paris Police reported the outbreak of skirmishes between the fans near the Champs-Elysées Street in the city and the Princes Park Stadium, where 48,000 fans gathered to watch Paris Saint-Germain’s victory over Inter Milan 5-0 in the final match in Munich on giant screens.
The French Ministry of the Interior reported that the number of detainees in France reached 559.
The Ministry of the Interior stated that 18 policemen were injured in Paris, along with 3 others in different regions of France, in addition to the injury of 192 people who celebrated the streets, and 7 members of the fire teams were injured.
692 fires were recorded during the night, including the burning of 264 cars.
Police said that a 17 -year -old young man was killed as a result of a knife in the city of Dax in the Land region, and the perpetrator is still “virgin”, according to the Public Prosecution, before it was announced that a man was killed later.
“A minor, a minor, died of 17 years old, from his wounds at Dax Hospital,” said the alternate judge, stressing, “The accident occurred during the coronation celebrations of Paris Saint -Germain, but it cannot be confirmed whether there was a direct link or whether the victim or the perpetrator is the fans at the present time.”
The young man was stabbed several times shortly after the end of the match “during the celebrations”, but the prosecution made it clear that it could not confirm whether the incident was linked to the Champions League final.
The prosecution added that the police opened an investigation into a murder.
The police later announced the killing of a man who was on a motorcycle in the fifteenth district of the capital, Paris, shocked by a car and died of his wounds.
In another incident, the police said that a car rushed towards fans who were celebrating the victory of Saint -Germain in the city of Gronopel, southeast of France, wounding four people, two of whom were seriously injured.
The police explained that all the injured from one family, and that the driver handed himself to the police and was placed in the arrest, and a source close to the investigation reported that the driver was not believed to be the accident, and the tests showed that he was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
“The rioters were in the Champs -Elysées seeking to cause accidents and have repeatedly clashed with the police by throwing big fireworks and other things,” police said in a statement.
She added in a statement that “rioters” clashed with the security forces by “throwing large fireworks and other bodies”, and according to the prosecution, a policeman was injured in a specific serious injury due to a grouping and was included in an industrial coma.
Festive
However, the fans often expressed their joy in singing and dancing in the streets, and cars unleashed their trumpets, after their team won the most expensive title of clubs for the first time in its history.
This victory represents the first coronation in the history of the Parisian club with the Champions League title, following the victory over Inter Milan 5-0, which is the largest achievement at the club level on the continent.
“It is a wonderful and deserved victory! We have a song that talks about our suffering, and it was not always easy … but we prepared our confidence this year with a star without stars,” said Cleman, a 20 -year -old Paris Saint -Germain fans.
French President Emmanuel Macron said that he will host the team on Sunday to congratulate him, according to his office.
He wrote in a separate message on his account on the “X” platform “a glorious day for Paris Saint -Germain … Bravo, we are all proud … Paris, the capital of Europe tonight.”
Paris mayor Ann Hidalgo praised this victory, describing it as “historic”.
Paris Saint -Germain will hold a festive procession on Champs -Elysées on Sunday, where tens of thousands of fans are expected to gather to congratulate their returning heroes from Munich.
