Paris Violence: 2 Dead, 200 Injured After PSG’s Victory Celebrations Take Tragic Turn

<p>Two people have died and around 200 have been injured after an overnight celebrations over Paris Saint-Germain (PSG)’s victory in the Champions League victory took a tragic turn on Sunday.</p>
<p>The winners of the European club soccer&rsquo;s biggest prize had arrived in Paris on Sunday after winning 5-0 win against Inter Milan in Munich on Saturday night, Associated Press reported.</p>
<p>The violence broke out near the iconic Champs-&Eacute;lys&eacute;es avenue in the French capital, where around 50,000 people had gathered to witness the PSG’s victory.</p>
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<p dir=”ltr” lang=”en”>BREAKING: Middle East migrants in Paris last night used the excuse of a soccer game to completely destroyed the city.<br /><br />What has happened to Europe? <a href=”https://t.co/dbMexmuLj2″>pic.twitter.com/dbMexmuLj2</a></p>
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<p>The football fans set off flares and fireworks; and clashed with the police.&nbsp;Over 500 people have been arrested across France, including 491 arrests in Paris alone.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, a police officer was accidentally hit by fireworks at a PSG gathering in Coutances in northwest France.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The two fatalities include a man, who was riding a scooter in Paris, after he was hit by a car around a few kilometres from Champs-&Eacute;lys&eacute;es. The driver has been detained an the circumstances of the incident are being investigated.</p>
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<p dir=”ltr” lang=”en”>🇫🇷 🔥More wild scenes from the Paris riots tonight following PSG&rsquo;s historic Champions League win 🏆<br />The city is on fire &mdash; literally and figuratively.<a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/ParisRiots?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#ParisRiots</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/PSG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#PSG</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/UCLFinal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#UCLFinal</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChampionsLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#ChampionsLeague</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/France?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#France</a> <a href=”https://t.co/9moZxDgTI0″>pic.twitter.com/9moZxDgTI0</a></p>
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<p>While a 17-year-old boy was fatally stabbed during a during a PSG street party in western city of Dax.&nbsp;</p>
<p>PSG has denounced the violence in Paris. “These isolated acts are contrary to the club&rsquo;s values, and don&rsquo;t at all represent the immense majority of our fans,” PSG said in a statement.</p>
<p>A total of 201 people have been injured around Paris, while four of them are said to have suffered serious injuries, the Paris police chief said.</p>