Reuters
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More than 500 people were arrested by police at the final Champions League celebration in France, killing two people and 192 injured, the Home Office said on Sunday.
It erupted across the French capital on Saturday night after Paris Saint-Germain crushed Italian enemies to win the Champions League for the first time, but a skirmish with police later threatened to ruin the party.
The interim assessment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on Sunday morning was that 559 people were arrested, including 491 in Paris, with 320 people in police custody, of which 254 were placed in Paris.
At Champion Elisays, bus shelters were destroyed and projectiles were projected onto the riot police. He fired tear gas and water cannons to push the crowd back as thousands of supporters descended on the boutique-lined highway.
On Sunday, the Ministry of Home Affairs reported hundreds of fires, including over 200 vehicles burned. Approximately 22 members of the security forces and seven firefighters were harmed.
