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Hundreds arrested and dozens of police injured after Champions League riots in France
BBC ^ | 05 31 2026 | Paulin Kola

Posted on 05/31/2026 2:03:47 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

A total of 219 people have been injured in clashes between football fans and police across France after Paris St-Germain (PSG) won the Champions League final against Arsenal.

Eight were in a serious condition, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said. Thousands of officers were deployed to curb unrest that disrupted bus, train and rail services in the capital, Paris. Fifty-seven of them were injured.

Nuñez said 780 people had been arrested over the violence - with more than 450 in custody. A person was found dead after an accident on Paris's ring road, which rioters tried to block overnight.

Some 6,000 police have been mobilised for Sunday's victory celebrations, which began at the Eiffel Tower.

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KEYWORDS: africans; diversity; france; islam; paris; riots; violence; youths

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North African gangs are blocking the streets and destroying everything in sight following PSG winning the Champions League.

This is Paris tonight. A war zone.

PARIS: Migrant gangs are now erecting barricades using city bikes and blocking the streets all over the city.

1 posted on 05/31/2026 2:03:47 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Thank God they won, else it would be really, really bad!..............🙄


2 posted on 05/31/2026 2:05:59 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: yesthatjallen

3 posted on 05/31/2026 2:12:50 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: yesthatjallen

Did someone shout ‘gooooooooooaaaaaaaaaal’?


4 posted on 05/31/2026 2:12:51 PM PDT by kawhill (Dywedwch Wrthbym because + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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To: Red Badger

The team they beat, Arsenal, is in London, so if Arsenal won, they would have been rioting there.


5 posted on 05/31/2026 2:13:25 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: dfwgator

I would suggest relatively low velocity slugs from shot guns (rubber bullets” from a Saiga shot gun with the high magazine capacity round magazines. It will not kill you unless a direct hit to the skull. It will make you quickly decide I will not do this.


6 posted on 05/31/2026 2:28:54 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oilfield roughneck, drilling fluid tech, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, MAGA)
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To: yesthatjallen

Yea.
We know.
For the Millionth time.


7 posted on 05/31/2026 2:29:31 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the Change You Filthy Animal !)
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To: yesthatjallen

Burn it down!!!


8 posted on 05/31/2026 2:32:53 PM PDT by Longdriver69
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To: Red Badger; dfwgator

Hours and Hours of Soccer! ⚽⚽⚽

Guy Caballero

President, SCTV


9 posted on 05/31/2026 2:43:05 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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Musk:

Problems in Paris

10 posted on 05/31/2026 2:43:36 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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Give them a whiff of grapeshot.

I think even Greta Thunberg would approve. After all, these hooligans are setting fire to cars and buildings. That will make Climate Change worse!

11 posted on 05/31/2026 2:55:24 PM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: yesthatjallen
Have the French surrendered yet?

Why yes, I see they have...

12 posted on 05/31/2026 3:00:15 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill

Ah yes I learned about rhetorical questions way back in high school :)


13 posted on 05/31/2026 3:03:27 PM PDT by xp38
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To: yesthatjallen

I despise PSG, but their victory over Arsenal saved the world and prevented an obnoxious attack of noise pollution. Arsenal fans are “special”.

Liverpool supporters, including myself, are celebrating the sacking of the disastrous Arne Slot. I didn’t think that Fenway Sports Group had the cajones to sack him.

What a weekend.


14 posted on 05/31/2026 4:26:11 PM PDT by CrimsonTidegirl
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I despise PSG, but their victory over Arsenal saved the world and prevented an obnoxious attack of noise pollution. Arsenal fans are “special”.


Piers Morgan would have been insufferable.


15 posted on 05/31/2026 4:29:16 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: CrimsonTidegirl

They need Klopp back.


16 posted on 05/31/2026 4:31:46 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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Is this what USA cities can look forward to during the World Cup?

American citizens - demanding their ticket money back - after they realize Soccer is the most stupid and boring professional game ever invented!

17 posted on 05/31/2026 6:06:14 PM PDT by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost the election by 230,000 votes, in WI, MI, and PA.)
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18 posted on 05/31/2026 7:51:23 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth. -- Democritus)
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To: dfwgator

I would be happy if that came to fruition.


19 posted on 05/31/2026 8:05:09 PM PDT by CrimsonTidegirl
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To: dfwgator

True.

Also, it’s rumored that Starmer supports Arsenal.

That would be an equally good reason to pull against them.


20 posted on 05/31/2026 8:06:50 PM PDT by CrimsonTidegirl
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