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Fan violence mars PSG title celebrations in Paris | |
(about 5 hours later) | |
Celebrations to mark Paris Saint-Germain's first French football league title in 19 years have been marred by clashes between fans and riot police. | Celebrations to mark Paris Saint-Germain's first French football league title in 19 years have been marred by clashes between fans and riot police. |
At least 30 people were injured, including policemen, and 21 arrests were made after the unrest on Place du Trocadero, near the Eiffel Tower. | |
It took 800 police several hours to bring the situation under control. | It took 800 police several hours to bring the situation under control. |
Interior Minister Manuel Valls has banned a trophy presentation due outside the City Hall on Wednesday. | |
Defending police actions, he said PSG had "serious problems with its fans". "Football is still sick - that's the case with PSG," he told Europe 1 radio. | |
He suggested that trouble could have been avoided had the celebration taken place in the club's home stadium, Parc des Princes. | |
Monday's riot comes three years after a PSG fan was killed outside the stadium. | |
The club changed its ticketing policy and temporarily banned supporters' groups from the stadium following the death, angering many Ultras, as the club's hardline supporters are known. | |
Shattered glass | |
The clashes erupted after some 10,000 fans had to wait more than an hour for PSG players to arrive on the square. | |
Within five minutes of appearing on the podium, and before either coach Carlo Ancelotti or captain Thiago Silva could address the crowd, the team were led away. | Within five minutes of appearing on the podium, and before either coach Carlo Ancelotti or captain Thiago Silva could address the crowd, the team were led away. |
Riot police moved in and fired tear gas after smoke bombs and various objects were thrown, and the fans surged towards the players' podium, officials said. | Riot police moved in and fired tear gas after smoke bombs and various objects were thrown, and the fans surged towards the players' podium, officials said. |
A banner saying "Freedom for the Ultras" was also unfurled from the Palais de Chaillot. | |
Order was only restored on the nearby Champs-Elysees after midnight, AFP news agency reports. During the evening, restaurants on the avenue including the famous Fouquet's closed early because of the unrest. | |
AFP's correspondents in the Trocadero area found three cafes with their windows smashed, a broken bus shelter and several damaged cars. | |
'Intolerable' | |
Mr Valls, who was accused by conservative opposition politicians of "unacceptable inertia" and "amateurism", said the violence had presented an "intolerable image of Paris and France". | |
"We must be merciless with these individuals who indulge in violence," he added. | |
The interior minister said he wished to meet the club's managers to discuss the event. | |
Paris police commissioner Bernard Boucault said there would be no "more events like this in a public place for Paris Saint-Germain". | |
The club issued a statement, which said the party had been "spoiled by a few hundred troublemakers who have nothing to do with football". | The club issued a statement, which said the party had been "spoiled by a few hundred troublemakers who have nothing to do with football". |
"Paris Saint-Germain is more determined than ever to build a huge European club, worthy of the French capital," it added. | "Paris Saint-Germain is more determined than ever to build a huge European club, worthy of the French capital," it added. |