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Two dead, 500+ arrested in France during chaotic PSG win celebrations

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Champions League – Final – Paris St Germain fans gather in Paris – Paris, France – May 31, 2025 Paris St Germain fans wave a flag out of a car window after winning the Champions League (Photo: REUTERS/Tom Nicholson)

PARIS (Reuters)

Over 500 people have been arrested by French police as chaotic celebrations erupted after the UEFA Champions League final in Paris, and two people were reported dead and 192 injured, the interior ministry said on Sunday (June 1).

Wild celebrations erupted across the French capital and beyond on Saturday night after Paris St Germain crushed Italian opponents Inter Milan to win the Champions League for the first time, although skirmishes with police later threatened to spoil the party.

The interior ministry’s provisional assessment as of Sunday morning was that 559 people had been arrested, including 491 in Paris, which led to 320 people being placed in police custody, 254 of them in Paris.

On the Champs-Élysées, bus shelters were smashed and projectiles hurled at riot police, who fired tear gas and water cannon to push back surging crowds as thousands of supporters descended on the boutique-lined boulevard.

The interior ministry on Sunday reported hundreds of fires, including more than 200 vehicles burned. Some 22 members of the security forces and seven firefighters were harmed.

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