The fatalities marred what started as a night of exuberance after PSG clinched its first — and long-awaited — Champions League title, in a 5-0 win over Inter Milan
Celebrations near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, early on Sunday. Pic/AFP
Two fans died and a police officer is in a coma after mass nationwide celebrations for Paris Saint-Germain’s historic Champions League victory, European soccer’s biggest prize, French authorities said Sunday.
The fatalities marred what started as a night of exuberance after PSG clinched its first — and long-awaited — Champions League title, in a 5-0 win over Inter Milan. .
A 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death in the city of Dax during a PSG street party in Munich. The other person killed was a man in his 20s whose scooter was hit by a car during celebrations in Paris.
Meanwhile, a police officer hit accidentally by fireworks in northwest France and placed in an artificial coma because of grave eye injuries.
A total of 192 people were injured around Paris, four of them seriously. A total of 559 people were arrested across France after cars were set ablaze as football fans celebrated.
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