A total of 400 arrested, 219 people have been injured in clashes between football fans and police across France after Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) won the Champions League final against Arsenal.
Eight were in a serious condition, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said. Thousands of officers were deployed to curb unrest that disrupted bus, train and rail services in the capital, Paris. Fifty-seven of them were injured.
Nuñez said 780 people had been arrested over the violence – with more than 450 in custody. A person was found dead after an accident on Paris’s ring road, which rioters tried to block overnight.
Some 6,000 police have been mobilised for Sunday’s victory parade at the site of the Eiffel Tower.
The interior minister said the security forces would be “firm” in their response.
“We are a great country for maintaining public order. We allow freedom of assembly, but not excesses,” he said.
There was similar violence when PSG won the same trophy last year, with celebrations turning deadly.
Thousands of officers had been deployed this time to curb unrest that disrupted bus, train and rail services in Paris.
The vast Champs-Élysées was swarmed by fans shortly after the local team won in a penalty shootout.
Footage shows flares being set off, electric bikes burning on roads and revellers smashing the glass of at least one shopfront. Police fired tear gas to disperse crowds in the city centre.
