Two people killed and hundreds arrested in France during Champions League win celebrations

Published connected 01/06/2025 - 13:54 GMT+2•Updated 20:42

French authorities opportunity 2 group died aft celebrations astir nan state for Paris Saint-Germain’s historical Champions League victory, European nine football's biggest prize.

A 17-year-old boy was stabbed to decease successful nan metropolis of Dax during a PSG thoroughfare party, according to nan nationalist police.

Another personification was killed successful Paris erstwhile his scooter was deed by a car during PSG celebrations, nan interior minister’s agency said. The circumstances of some deaths are being investigated.

“True PSG fans are getting excited astir their team’s magnificent performance. Meanwhile, barbarians person taken to nan streets of Paris to perpetrate crimes and provoke rule enforcement," French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau commented successful a station connected societal media connected Saturday aft nan game.

"It is unbearable that it is not imaginable to statement without fearing nan savagery of a number of thugs who respect nothing.”

A constabulary serviceman was accidentally deed by fireworks successful northwest France and placed successful an artificial coma because of sedate oculus injuries, nan nationalist constabulary work said.

The interior ministry said 18 constabulary officers successful Paris were injured, on pinch 3 elsewhere successful France, arsenic were 192 group celebrating successful nan streets.

A full of 294 group were arrested by 2 am, though nan celebrations were mostly peaceful, isolated from nan descent into unit successful immoderate areas.