Two dead and more than 500 detained by the riots in France after PSG’s victory in Champions

Chijioke Obinna

Two dead and more than 500 detained by the riots in France after PSG's victory in Champions

A 17 -year -old died stabbed the last night in Dax (Southwest France) During the celebrations for the Victory of the PSG in the Champions, the authorities reported this Sunday. The circumstances of the facts have not been made public at the moment. The child had to be transported to a Dax hospital (Locality of the French Landas, about 700 kilometers from Paris) in serious condition, but did not survive the wounds. Another woman has also died in Paris when she was beaten by a car while driving a motorcycle.

Precisely in the French captial, where most of the celebrations have concentrated, the riots have extended almost all night. France’s police prefecture has reported 559 people arrested the capital For being involved in riots in the middle of the celebrations for the victory of Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final, in which he has defeated (5-0) to Inter Milan in the Allianz Arena (Munich), while nine other police officers have been injured during the incidents.

French club fans have taken the streets of Paris to celebrate the First winner trophy in this PSG competitionwhich has resulted in disturbances and incidents in different areas of the city such as in the Elysees fields, according to French television BMFTV.

Several have been notified vehicle fires and an assault on a shoe storewhich has resulted in the arrest of about 30 people after the police intervention. Likewise, several traffic accidents have taken place, including abuses. Some 5,400 agents had been deployed in Paris as part of the reinforced security device to cope with the football game day. Already before the end of the party, the police prefecture reported 59 detainees.

Dembélé asks that there is no violence

One of PSG’s own players, Ousmane Dembélé, has asked the celebrations not to be violent. “It will be incredible in Paris. But, please, let’s not break anything! No violence. Let’s be calm, we are just celebrating!” He said in statements to the CBS after the end of the party.

“Due to the events that currently affect Paris, we are receiving a large number of calls. If your call is not urgent, we ask you to immediately release the emergency line,” the Paris Firefighters have declared in a publication in their Social Network of the Social Network X.

For its part, the Interior Minister of France, Bruno Retailleau, He has asked the security forces to act “vigorously” against those who are causing the disturbances, whom he has described as “barbarians and thugs.”

For its part, the Insumisa France deputy, Antoine Léaument, He has transmitted from his account of X images of the voltage scenes while attacking the security device established by Retilleau. “Bruno Retailleau organizes chaos with tear gas in the Champs Elysees. The barbarian is him,” said the deputy of the leftist party. “To clarify: the fact that there are people who take advantage of the numbers to try to loot businesses are repudiable. You have to stop them. But launch tear gas to Pacific people make no sense,” he said.

The European Champions They will be received tomorrow in the capital to celebrate the title with the fans. First, Luis Enrique’s team players will go to the Elysee Palace and then tour the streets of Paris in a parade.

Chijioke Obinna

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