According to a police source, 44 people were placed in police custody the day after the match between PSG and Arsenal on the evening of this Wednesday, May 7. Many supporters had gathered near the Parc des Princes and the Champs-Élysées.
44 people were placed in police custody in the aftermath of the PSG qualification for the Champions League final on the night of Wednesday, 7 to Thursday, May 8, BFMTV learned from a police source.
They were mainly arrested from the heads of “participation in a group with a view to committing degradations and violence”, “voluntary violence against persons depositaries of public authority”, in particular projectile jets, and “detention of explosive or incendiary products”, such as fireworks, specifies the prosecution at BFMTV.
Many supporters without tickets have massaged around the Parc des Princes throughout the match. The spirits heated themselves from the first Parisian goal. The police intervened, in particular the BRAV-M, these motorcycle units of the Paris police headquarters, to restore traffic in Saint-Cloud.
During the match, police had 14 interventions for slightly injured people, the police said. A policewoman was also slightly injured by a throw of projectiles.
-Three people struck by a motorist
Several thousand supporters have also joined the Champs-Élysées to celebrate the victory of the Parisian club against Arsenal. In a perpendicular street, a car struck three people “in indefinite circumstances at this stage,” said the police headquarters. One person was taken care of in absolute emergency, the other two in relative emergency.
This car was then set on fire. A vehicle from the Paris town hall was also degraded and returned to the United States in the 16th arrondissement. In the same place, two individual vehicles have been degraded.
A police vehicle was also degraded avenue Franklin Roosevelt in the 8th arrondissement and several trash cans were burnt down in the 8th and 16th arrondissements.
Episodes of urban violence have also been noted in several departments of Île-de-France. In Essonne, degradations and fireworking mortars were committed in Ris-Orangis, Viry-Chatillon, Chilly Mazarin, or Sainte-Geneviève des Bois. A person was arrested in the department. In the Val d’Oise, police were also the target of mortar fire.
Alexandra Gonzalez, Mélanie Bertrand, Emilie Roussey with AFP
