Football championship

Riots at the Paris fan fest

During the final of the football championship it came at the edge of the fan zone in Paris to clashes between rioters and the police. The officials used tear gas and water cannons.

Close to the Eiffel tower, the police officers of the mostly young rioters with objects were thrown at. In return, they used tear gas and a water cannon. At a street crossing, a pile of Garbage was set on fire.

The officials sprayed also tear gas, the people from the unauthorized Entering of with 92,000 Fans overcrowded the Mars field. In messages there is talk of partially chaotic scenes. The authorities had cordoned off the zone two hours before kickoff.

Clashes already in the semi-finals

Already after the European championship semi-final between Germany and France had been on the verge of victory celebrations on the Champs-Élysées clashes. In the process, police officers were pelted with bottles and fireworks.

In the past few weeks, it came during demonstrations against France’s controversial labour market reform again and again to clashes between rampaging groups and the police.

gri/cgn (dpa, sid)