Armed riot police clash with PSG fans at Champions League parade on second day of chaos

Paris Saint-Germain fans clashed with Riot Police on the second day of collisions in the French capital after PSG won the Champions League for the first time on Saturday evening

Rellen broke out on the Champs Elysee on Sunday evening when violence around the European Cup parties of Paris St. Germain entered a second night.

Fans attacked the police around the most famous avenue in the French capital on Sunday evening, when the PSG team participated in a victory parade after their victory over Inter Milan in the Champions League.

“They throw everything they can go to us,” said an officer on the spot, while the charges of tear gas and sticks were used to restore order.

Flash ball guns were also used by gendarmes, in an attempt spreading gang members who wear weapons themselves, including long metal posts and bricks stolen from construction sites. Videos showed that cars were imprisoned in the Crossfire, because terrified drivers were told to lock themselves in their vehicles.

It followed two people who lost their lives during intense national violence after PSG who was crowned on PSG for the first time in Munich, Germany, on Saturday evening.

One of the worst incidents took place in Dax, in the southwest of France, where a 17-year-old was brought in the stomach.

“He was part of a crowd in honor of the PSG victory in the designated fan zone and died of his wounds in the hospital,” said a local police spokesperson, without mentioning the deceased. An investigation is underway and CCTV is used to try to find the responsible person. “

A man was also killed when his scooter collided on Saturday with a car in Paris, after the victim had seen the football victory.

A police officer was seriously injured by a fireworks in coutances, Normandy. He was placed in an induced coma, with a very serious eye and head injury, and was still in intensive care on Sunday morning.

The person who shot the fireworks on him – apparently deliberately – has not yet been identified, said a source of research. In Grenoble, in the east of France, a car tried a handbrake in a tram line to 'plowed into a young family of four, who seriously injures them.

Three of those pain, two of them wife, were still in intensive care on Sunday, because the non -geidified car driver remained in custody.

A total of 294 people were arrested for football -related violence and looting in Paris such as the French Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleeau, described problem makers as 'barbarians'.

Responding to the condition of X said Mr Retaillleau: 'Real PSG fans are being enthusiastic about the wonderful performance of their team.

'In the meantime, Barbarians have crossed the streets of Paris to commit crimes and to provoke law enforcement. I have asked the internal security forces to respond strongly to this abuse.

'I offer my support to the prefect of the police and all police officers who guarantee the safety of everyone tonight. It is unacceptable that it is not possible to party without being afraid of the cruelty of a minority of criminals who do not respect anything. '

A steel ring was made around the Champs-Elysées, with large department stores and benches that used steel shutters to keep looters away.

The official PSG club shops on the champions and on their land were also barricaded during the weekend. Nevertheless, a Foot Locker Sports Store was broken into on Champs-Elysées and goods including several trainers were stolen.

A Maisons du Monde furniture store on the nearby Avenue Wagram was also looted, a police spokesperson said. Young people who wore masks and hoodies were now roaming the city in search of problems.

Motorcycles and separate mattresses were set on fire, so that thick black smoke waves through the night sky.

Fighting had even been reported around the Eiffel Tower, which was illuminated in PSG's red, white and blue after their 5-0 win.

About 5,400 police officers had service in Paris during the weekend, because problems were always expected, regardless of the result.

PSG fans have an ever -poor reputation for hooliganism, and some attacked fans from Arsenal and Aston Villa during this year's league campaign.

Problems had also been reported in Munich, where rival French and Italian fans fought against each other.

Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, the PSG Club President, appealed to calmness on Sunday, while PSG participated in a victory parade in Central Paris.

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