01/06/2026  Two hundred hurt in post-game violence as Paris hails second Champions League triumph

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More than 200 people were injured and one person died in Paris following Paris Saint-Germain's second consecutive Champions League win, the interior ministry said on Sunday, reviving ​France's heated debate about street violence.

A day after PSG beat Arsenal in ‌a nail-biting Budapest penalty shootout, cementing their place on the throne of European football, fans were taking to the Champ de Mars open space near the Eiffel Tower to hail the players staging ​a victory parade on Sunday afternoon.



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