Sex assault horror across Paris after PSG Champions League win: Shocking footage shows huge mob surround terrified women's car and smash window as other victims describe sexual violence

Daily Mail​

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Violent riots gripped the French capital on Saturday night after Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League win - with horrifying videos and testimony revealing how women were targeted by thuggish football fans.
Shocking video has shown how a huge mob attacked a pair of young women, screaming at them, climbing on their car and smashing its windows in as they tried to drive through the city.
The terrified women are seen cowering as the hordes of men intimidated them. Video of the onslaught cuts out shortly after a window is smashed in, making it unclear what happened next.
Some 500 people were arrested, two people died and almost 200 were injured during the riots, according to France's interior ministry.
Shops were vandalised and looted, cars and motorbikes set on fire and people were stabbed during the Paris riots, with violence also seen elsewhere in France.
Predominantly male crowds, large parts of which were buzzing off a mixture of alcohol and PSG's win, took over the streets, with women reporting a hostile atmosphere across the city.
A Parisian student called Dounia, who went out with friends to celebrate the victory on the banks of the Seine, described how she was sexually and verbally assaulted by visibly drunk PSG supporters.
'A man in his forties approached me, holding a flask of alcohol. I saw him approaching and suddenly I felt his hand grab my buttocks,' the 18-year-old told Le Parisien.
She told the outlet that she is still in shock days later. 'It was his reaction when I turned around that was the most telling,' the young woman said. 'He insulted me and pushed me violently, before walking away with his friend.'
TikTok creator Lily-Rose described feeling 'scared for my life' as she cycled through the city shortly after the game finished.
She described having shards of glass bottles thrown at her and feeling as though she would be knocked off her bike at any moment.
'Luckily, they landed on the bike frame and I wasn't hit,' she sighs in a TikTok video.
'My evening was ruined. It was supposed to be a moment of euphoria and joy, but that didn't take into account this problematic and misogynistic behavior,' she added.
'When you see the way you behave, it's scary, it's terrifying. I'm shaking, I'm traumatized, I thought I was going to die several times.'
Other female PSG fans hoping to celebrate their team's success said they were unable to spend any more than fifteen minutes in the crowd before being assaulted.
'We had two hands on our asses and one on our breasts,' one of the friends reportedly said. 'We want to party but we can't.'
Footage of the horrific attacks was widely condemned online, but also met with more misogynistic comments.
'Why were you out?' men on Instagram, X and TikTok responded to women's complaints.
While many shops on the Champs-Elysees were protected ahead of the Champions League final, some did not escape damage
Other vile comments read: 'You're a girl and you're going to celebrate PSG on the Champs-Elysées, that counts in the bodycount ' and 'The girls who are going to be on the Champs-Elysées on the 31st, we already know why you're there'.
'You're a woman and you're going to Paris when you know it's going to be chaos whether we win or lose. Are you stupid?' another person said.
Dounia said the responses angered her even more, and that women should be 'able to go out into the street freely, whether there's a sporting event or not.'
Statistics show that there are 114,000 sexual assaults are recorded in France every year - equivalent to one every four minutes.
Of the victims, 85 per cent are women, and nearly 50 per cent of French women say they feel unsafe in public spaces.
Speaking to PSG players at the Élysée Palace on Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the 'unacceptable' violence seen on the streets the night before.
'Nothing can justify what has happened in recent hours, the violent clashes are unacceptable. We will pursue, we will punish, we will be relentless.'