{"id":150331,"date":"2025-06-01T20:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T20:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/150331\/"},"modified":"2025-06-01T20:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T20:31:10","slug":"two-fans-dead-hundreds-arrested-after-celebrations-in-france-from-psgs-champions-league-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/150331\/","title":{"rendered":"Two fans dead, hundreds arrested after celebrations in France from PSG’s Champions League win"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pair of fans died, a police officer is in a coma and hundreds of people were arrested following massive celebrations throughout France after Paris-Saint-Germain\u2019s Champions League victory<\/a>, officials said on Sunday.<\/p>\n

A 17-year-old boy was stabbed in the city of Dax \u2014 which sits south of Bordeaux in southwestern France \u2014 during a PSG street party on Saturday night. A second man in his 20s was killed in Paris when his scooter was hit by a car during similar celebrations, according to The Associated Press<\/a>. Both instances are being investigated, though officials believe the deaths were linked to the celebrations. The driver in the second death was detained.<\/p>\n

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A police officer in Coutance \u2014 which sits in northwest France \u2014 was accidentally hit by a firework, too. He was placed into a coma due to \u201cgrave eye injuries,\u201d per the report. Nearly 200 people were injured around the capital, four seriously, and nearly 300 people had been arrested by 2 a.m. on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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“These isolated acts are contrary to the clubs values, and don’t at all represent the immense majority of our fans,” the team said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The celebrations and chaos came shortly after PSG clinched its first Champions League title on Saturday. The club rolled over Inter Milan to grab a 5-0 win at Allianz Arena in Germany. An official celebration took place on Sunday afternoon, where more than 100,000 people were expected to attend the parade in Paris and a subsequent celebration at Parc des Princes stadium. The team rode an open-air bus with the trophy throughout the parade route, and then they arrived at their stadium for a concert and celebration seemingly without much issue.<\/p>\n

The incident is the second of its kind in recent weeks in Europe following a soccer championship. At least 50 fans were injured after a man drove his car<\/a> into a crowd at a parade celebrating Liverpool\u2019s Premier League title.<\/p>\n

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“I am angry today, like many French people … When parents panic because their child has gone out to celebrate a major sports victory, that’s unbearable,” French interior minister Bruno Retailleau said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pair of fans died, a police officer is in a coma and hundreds of people were arrested…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[17733,26678,1614,2000,299,36,8883,64228,6544],"class_list":{"0":"post-150331","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-celebration","9":"tag-celebrations","10":"tag-champions-league","11":"tag-eu","12":"tag-europe","13":"tag-france","14":"tag-inter-milan","15":"tag-northwest-france","16":"tag-paris-saint-germain"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114610011149136640","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}