2 fans died and an officer is in a coma after Champions League celebrations in France

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PARIS — Two fans died and a constabulary serviceman is successful a coma aft wide nationwide celebrations for Paris Saint-Germain's historical Champions League victory, European soccer's biggest prize, French authorities said Sunday.

A 17-year-old lad was stabbed to decease successful the metropolis of Dax during a PSG thoroughfare enactment aft Saturday night's last successful Munich, the nationalist constabulary work said. A antheral was killed successful Paris erstwhile his scooter was deed by a car during PSG celebrations, the interior minister's bureau said. The circumstances of some are being investigated.

APTOPIX France Soccer Champions League FinalFireworks detonate connected the Champs-Elysees connected Sunday aft the Champions League last shot lucifer betwixt Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan.Aurelien Morissard / AP

A constabulary serviceman was deed accidentally by fireworks successful Coutance successful northwest France and placed successful an artificial coma due to the fact that of sedate oculus injuries, the nationalist constabulary work said.

Hundreds of radical were arrested successful the celebrations, which were mostly peaceful but degenerated into unit successful immoderate areas.

The squad is expected to instrumentality to a large parade connected the Champs-Elysees connected Sunday aft clinching its archetypal Champions League title, a 5-0 triumph implicit Inter Milan.

At the apical of the Champs-Élysées avenue, a h2o cannon was utilized to support the Place de l'Étoile, adjacent the landmark Arc de Triomphe. Police said a ample assemblage not watching the lucifer tried to propulsion done a obstruction to marque interaction with police.

By 2 a.m. Sunday, a full of 294 arrests had been made, including 30 radical who broke into a footwear store connected the Champs-Élysées. Two cars were acceptable alight adjacent to Parc des Princes, constabulary added.

At the Place de la Bastille, determination were joyous scenes arsenic fans climbed onto the basal of the celebrated column, singing, dancing and letting disconnected flares, portion those astir joined in.

At 1 point, motorbikes loudly revved their engines and the assemblage cheered arsenic they did laps astir the column. There were nary constabulary adjacent and, by 1 a.m., the ambiance was upbeat with nary tensions and plentifulness of singing.

Security had been tightened up successful anticipation of imaginable post-match unit and 5,400 constabulary officers were deployed connected the Champs-Élysées, different cardinal parts of Paris, and its adjacent suburbs.

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