At least 336 people have been arrested in France, 235 of them in Pariswhere a police officer has been injured due to the launching of fireworks during the celebrations of PSG’s second Champions League, the authorities reported in a still provisional balance.
In its last bulletin around midnight, the Police Prefecture reported that 71 people were arrested in the capital and four BRAV-M units (motorized rapid intervention brigades specialized in riot control and maintaining public order) were deployed on the Parisian ring road, near the Porte Maillot, to support the dispersion operations of the groups concentrated in the area and who came to block that road.
In a previous report, the Paris Prefecture estimated that 20,000 fans gathered on the Champs-Élysées in Paris to celebrate the final between PSG and Arsenal.
last yearWhen PSG won its first Champions League, there were serious riots in various parts of France: two people died and almost 200 were injured, including a police officer who is in a coma. In Paris alone there were 500 arrests.
To avoid episodes like those of 2025, the French authorities have launched a reinforced security device. 22,000 police and gendarmes have been deployed throughout the country, of which 8,000 were in Paris and its metropolitan area.
This year, the unrest has again focused on the Champs Elysées and surrounding areasbut there were also near the Parc des Princes and the Place de la République.
There was also an attempted invasion by about 150 people in the Paris stadium (southwest of the city). Security forces also aborted an attempted attack on a police station in district VIII.