Monday, June 1, 2026 - A football fan has lost his life, and another is in
intensive care after riots broke out across France,
following PSG's Champions League win over Arsenal over the
weekend.
According to Mail Online, violence broke out in Paris,
Rennes, Strasbourg, and Grenoble, with one supporter confirmed de@d and another
in intensive care.
Football fans set off fires and vandalised shops. One small
group even tried to storm a Paris police station.
A police investigation has been launched into the stabbing
of an unidentified 17-year-old man who suffered multiple wounds close to the
Champs Élysée.
He is in intensive care, and another man, 23, died after
crashing his motorbike into a concrete block.
The Paris prosecutors´ office said 277 people have been
formally placed in police custody, including 82 minors, for alleged
offences.
Most were for assault of police officers while other
allegations include theft, vandalism, and disturbing the public order.
One serious accident involved a driver losing control of a
car that rammed into a restaurant's terrace, leaving two people wounded,
including one seriously.
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said 57 officers were
wounded in total and noted that there was violence in 15 cities across
France.
Nuñez said that planned celebrations for the team's win on
Sunday afternoon at the Champ de Mars, near the Eiffel Tower, would go ahead as
scheduled. He warned that police would respond with "firmness and
determination" to any potential violence.
The PSG team will then be hosted by French President
Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee presidential palace.
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