Paris police arrested over 130 individuals and deployed 22,000 officers following clashes, including fireworks aimed at law enforcement, during celebrations for Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League victory over Arsenal. The incidents, which included damaged property and burning bikes near the Parc des Princes, occurred despite a large security presence, though gatherings on the Champs-Élysées remained mostly peaceful, reports The Guardian.
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Paris
Saint-Germain supporters aimed fireworks at police officers who responded with
teargas, according to reports
Nadeem
Badshah
Sat 30
May 2026 23.37 BST
Paris
police deployed thousands of officers to control crowds at some of the city’s
hotspots, using teargas and arresting more than 130 people, after Paris
Saint-Germain’s win over Arsenal in Saturday’s Champions League final.
Footage
aired on the news channel BFM showed scenes of tensions and brief skirmishes
around PSG’s Parc de Princes stadium in western Paris, where more than 40,000
people watched the club win its second consecutive title on penalties at the
Puskas Arena in Budapest on giant screens.
By 11pm
(9pm BST), police had made more than 130 arrests, Paris police said. A police
spokesperson told Reuters that six vehicles and two storefronts had been
damaged.
Some PSG
fans aimed fireworks at police officers who responded with teargas during the
celebrations, according to reports in France, while some were seen wearing
T-shirts emblazoned with “FU*K ARSENAL 2026” as they stood next to burning Lime
Bikes on the city’s streets.
Smoke was
seen rising from several areas during the clashes.
Police
were seen sprinting after groups of fans with riot gear and stamping out flares
discarded on the road.
The
interior minister, Laurent Nuñez, said there was a “very robust, very solid
system in place” to curb violence.
A police
spokesperson said: “Our responsibility is to guarantee everyone a festive
celebration that is calm and fully secure.”
France
has deployed 22,000 police to uphold order in the capital. Last year, two
people died and close to 200 were injured after PSG won the Champions League
for the first time by beating Inter Milan.
The
Champs-Élysées boulevard, which authorities had partly cordoned off, was
filling with mostly peaceful PSG fans, TV footage showed. Police estimated the
crowd size at 20,000. Some supporters let off fireworks and lit flares.
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