Two dead and hundreds arrested in France after PSG Champions League win

Two radical person died and hundreds person been arrested crossed France aft Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) fans celebrated the club's triumph successful the Champions League final, according to the French interior ministry.

In the south-west municipality of Dax, a 17-year-old lad died aft being stabbed successful the thorax precocious connected Saturday evening, section media reported.

A 23-year-old antheral who was riding a scooter successful cardinal Paris was besides killed aft being deed by a vehicle, the prosecutor's bureau said.

Flares and fireworks were acceptable off, autobus shelters smashed and cars torched amid chaotic celebrations arsenic PSG won the biggest prize successful European nine shot for the archetypal clip successful their history.

The French interior ministry told quality outlets that 192 radical were injured and 559 radical arrested, including 491 successful Paris.

Dax Mayor Julien Dubois said his "thoughts are with the young victim, his household and friends".

"We are floored by each the play tonight," helium wrote connected societal media. "It is advisable to rapidly shed airy connected these facts successful bid to severely punish the perpetrator."

The Paris Prosecutor's Office told the BBC that 2 constabulary officers were injured by objects thrown astatine Place des Ternes; portion "several shops were looted" successful the aforesaid area.

About 30 radical were arrested and taken into custody adjacent a Foot Locker connected the Champs-Elysées that was robbed, the bureau said.

While clashes broke retired adjacent the city's Champs-Élysées avenue and PSG's Parc des Princes stadium, the bulk of fans celebrated PSG's 5-0 triumph implicit Inter Milan peacefully, with galore singing and dancing successful the streets oregon blaring their car horns.

The Eiffel Tower was illuminated with PSG's bluish and reddish colours.

French President Emmanuel Macron, a keen protagonist of rivals Olympique de Marseille, posted connected X: "A glorious time for PSG! Bravo, we are each proud. Paris, the superior of Europe this evening."

Approximately 5,400 constabulary were deployed across Paris in anticipation of the raucous celebrations.

At slightest 300 radical detained were suspected of possessing fireworks and causing disorder, Paris constabulary said.

"Troublemakers connected the Champs-Elysees were looking to make incidents and repeatedly came into interaction with constabulary by throwing ample fireworks and different objects," constabulary said successful a statement.

Riot constabulary reportedly utilized a h2o cannon to halt a assemblage reaching the Arc de Triomphe, and fired teardrop state into the crowds.

Other clashes betwixt constabulary and crowds occurred connected the Paris ring road. At slightest 2 cars were torched adjacent the Parc des Princes.

French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau took a hard enactment against the disorder, penning connected societal media: "True PSG supporters are enjoying their team's magnificent match.

"Meanwhile, barbarians person taken to the streets of Paris to perpetrate crimes and provoke the police.

"It's unbearable that it's unthinkable to enactment without fearing the savagery of a number of thugs who respect nothing."

Meanwhile, extracurricular Paris, constabulary said a car ploughed into PSG fans successful Grenoble successful south-east France, leaving 4 radical injured.

All those wounded were from the aforesaid family, constabulary said. Two were earnestly injured.

The operator handed himself into the constabulary and was placed nether arrest. A root adjacent to the probe told the AFP quality bureau it was believed the operator had not acted intentionally.

The PSG squad volition clasp a triumph parade connected the Champs-Elysees successful Paris connected Sunday erstwhile tens of thousands of supporters are expected to stitchery to get a glimpse of their returning team.

Macron's bureau said helium would big the victorious players connected Sunday to congratulate them.