French police arrested 47 people in the capital and three others were injured by a car after football club Paris Saint-Germain defeated Arsenal to reach the Champions League final, authorities said yesterday.
Raucous celebrations erupted in Paris after PSG beat their English rivals 2-1 Wednesday night to advance to the May 31 final and a shot at the club’s first Champions League title.
Three people were injured when a Mercedes crashed into a group of pedestrians near the capital’s iconic Champs-Elysees avenue as PSG fans celebrated, police said, adding the “circumstances… remain unclear at this stage”.
One of those injured, a minor, was in critical condition in hospital, prosecutors said.
They said they had opened an investigation for assault, fleeing the scene and failure to assist a person in danger.
Police said the driver tried to flee in the car, but was unable to get through the dense crowd of supporters.
The driver and a passenger then ran away on foot, “abandoning their car to the fury of the crowd. It was burned and completely destroyed,” police said.
One of those injured, a minor, was in critical condition in hospital, prosecutors said.
They said they had opened an investigation for assault, fleeing the scene and failure to assist a person in danger.
Police said the driver tried to flee in the car, but was unable to get through the dense crowd of supporters.
The driver and a passenger then ran away on foot, “abandoning their car to the fury of the crowd. It was burned and completely destroyed”, police said.
