{"id":475894,"date":"2026-05-31T08:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T08:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/475894\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T08:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T08:47:09","slug":"paris-police-arrest-over-130-people-as-psg-fans-celebrate-champions-league-win-over-arsenal-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/475894\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris police arrest over 130 people as PSG fans celebrate Champions League win over Arsenal \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paris<\/a> police deployed thousands of officers to control crowds at some of the city\u2019s hotspots, using teargas and arresting more than 130 people, after Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s<\/a> win over Arsenal<\/a> in Saturday\u2019s Champions League<\/a> final.<\/p>\n

Footage aired on the news channel BFM showed scenes of tensions and brief skirmishes around PSG\u2019s Parc de Princes stadium in western Paris, where more than 40,000 people watched the club win its second consecutive title<\/a> on penalties at the Puskas Arena in Budapest on giant screens.<\/p>\n

By 11pm local time, police had made more than 130 arrests, Paris police said. A police spokesperson told Reuters that six vehicles and two storefronts had been damaged.<\/p>\n

Some PSG fans aimed fireworks at police officers who responded with teargas during the celebrations, according to reports in France, while some were seen wearing T-shirts emblazoned with \u201cF**K ARSENAL 2026\u201d as they stood next to burning Lime Bikes on the city\u2019s streets.<\/p>\n

Smoke was seen rising from several areas during the clashes.<\/p>\n

Police were seen sprinting after groups of fans with riot gear and stamping out flares discarded on the road.<\/p>\n

The interior minister, Laurent Nu\u00f1ez, said there was a \u201cvery robust, very solid system in place\u201d to curb violence.<\/p>\n

A police spokesperson said: \u201cOur responsibility is to guarantee everyone a festive celebration that is calm and fully secure.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"PSGPSG supporters at Place du Trocad\u00e9ro opposite the Eiffel Tower. Photograph: Lou Benoist\/AFP via Getty Images \"AA burning bicycle on Avenue de la Grande Arm\u00e9e. Photograph: Kenzo Tribouillard\/AFP via Getty Images <\/p>\n

France has deployed 22,000 police to uphold order in the capital. Last year, two people died<\/a> and close to 200 were injured after PSG won the Champions League for the first time by beating Inter Milan.<\/p>\n

The Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es boulevard, which authorities had partly cordoned off, was filled with mostly peaceful PSG fans, TV footage showed. Police estimated the crowd size at 20,000. Some supporters let off fireworks and lit flares. \u2013 Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paris police deployed thousands of officers to control crowds at some of the city\u2019s hotspots, using teargas and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[15133,15013,1814,42,43,1838,4442,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-475894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-arsenal","tag-champions-league","tag-france","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-paris","tag-paris-saint-germain","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}