PARIS – 1000’s of Paris Saint-Germain supporters took to the streets of the French capital on Saturday to rejoice their membership’s victory within the Champions League last, however practically 300 arrests had been made after some clashes with police.
Nearly all of followers celebrated peacefully, however Paris police mentioned scuffles broke out close to the town’s Champs-Elysees avenue and PSG’s Parc des Princes stadium, the place 48,000 had watched the 5-0 win in opposition to Inter Milan in Munich on huge screens.
A lot of the practically 300 individuals detained had been suspected of possessing fireworks and inflicting dysfunction, Paris police mentioned.
AFP journalists noticed police use a water cannon to cease a crowd reaching the Arc de Triomphe.
“Troublemakers on the Champs-Elysees had been seeking to create incidents and repeatedly got here into contact with police by throwing giant fireworks and different objects,” police mentioned in an announcement.
Outdoors Paris, police mentioned a automotive careered into followers celebrating PSG’s win in Grenoble in southeastern France, leaving 4 individuals injured, two of them significantly.
All of these damage had been from the identical household, police mentioned.
The driving force handed himself in to the police and was positioned below arrest.
A supply near the investigation mentioned it was believed the driving force had not acted deliberately.
