Vandalism after PSG win 'a kind of failure,' police chief says
STORY: :: Workers clean up after looting and vandalism following Paris St. Germain's Champions League win
:: Paris, France
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:: June 2, 2025
:: Laurent Nunez, Paris Police Prefect
"There were courageous police officers from the police headquarters with two mobile gendarmerie squadrons that we had in reserve, who intervened, who made numerous arrests, who prevented looting and vandalism. So, words have meaning. We can't talk about security failure. I'm not happy, obviously. I consider it wrong and it's a kind of failure that there was looting of businesses, especially on the night of Saturday to Sunday. My goal - and at the police headquarters, the person responsible is the police chief, I'm the boss, I'm the one who decides, I'm the one who is responsible - we said there shouldn't be any looting of businesses, and there was some anyway, so obviously there is a kind of failure."
On the Champs Elysees, bus shelters were smashed up and projectiles hurled at riot police on Saturday (May 31) who fired tear gas and water canons to push back surging crowds as thousands of supporters descended on the boutique-lined boulevard.
More than 500 people were arrested by police during the celebrations on Saturday, the interior ministry said, while two people were reported dead and 192 injured.
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