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One dead, 780 arrested across France as unrest mars PSG's victory night
Hat tip, the ABC Evening News With David Muir, except he's not there on the weekends.
One dead, 780 arrested across France as unrest mars PSG's victory night
France
French police detained 780 people involved in violent clashes in Paris and other French cities that erupted Saturday night after Paris Saint-Germain won the Champions League title. Police said a man in his twenties died in a motorbike crash in the capital. Planned celebrations for the team's win on Sunday afternoon at the Champ de Mars, near the Eiffel Tower, are set to go ahead as scheduled.
Issued on: 31/05/2026 - 07:38
Modified: 31/05/2026 - 18:11
3 min Reading time
By: FRANCE 24
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A car was set ablaze opposite the Eiffel Tower during the street celebrations.
French authorities announced Sunday that 780 people were arrested across the country when overnight celebrations of Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League victory over Arsenal were marred by violent clashes, and a road accident that killed a young man.
French authorities announced Sunday that 780 people were arrested across the country when overnight celebrations of Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League victory over Arsenal were marred by violent clashes, and a road accident that killed a young man.
Thousands of people poured into the streets of Paris for the match and to revel in PSG's triumph in the final held in the Hungarian capital Budapest late Saturday. ... But some mobs clashed with police, around 22,000 of whom were deployed across France after unrest last year when PSG also won the competition.
Highlighting an increased use of fireworks directed at law enforcement, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said in a press briefing that 57 security forces were injured and that there had been "219 participants injured in France, including eight seriously".
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France
French police detained 780 people involved in violent clashes in Paris and other French cities that erupted Saturday night after Paris Saint-Germain won the Champions League title. Police said a man in his twenties died in a motorbike crash in the capital. Planned celebrations for the team's win on Sunday afternoon at the Champ de Mars, near the Eiffel Tower, are set to go ahead as scheduled.
Issued on: 31/05/2026 - 07:38
Modified: 31/05/2026 - 18:11
3 min Reading time
By: FRANCE 24
{Video}
A car was set ablaze opposite the Eiffel Tower during the street celebrations.
French authorities announced Sunday that 780 people were arrested across the country when overnight celebrations of Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League victory over Arsenal were marred by violent clashes, and a road accident that killed a young man.
French authorities announced Sunday that 780 people were arrested across the country when overnight celebrations of Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League victory over Arsenal were marred by violent clashes, and a road accident that killed a young man.
Thousands of people poured into the streets of Paris for the match and to revel in PSG's triumph in the final held in the Hungarian capital Budapest late Saturday. ... But some mobs clashed with police, around 22,000 of whom were deployed across France after unrest last year when PSG also won the competition.
Highlighting an increased use of fireworks directed at law enforcement, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said in a press briefing that 57 security forces were injured and that there had been "219 participants injured in France, including eight seriously".
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