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Two dead and 200 injured mar the celebrations of PSG, which will be received by President Macron after winning the Champions League.

Two dead and 200 injured mar the celebrations of PSG, which will be received by President Macron after winning the Champions League.

Tragedy marred the celebrations of Paris Saint-Germain fans for their first Champions League title in the early hours of Sunday . The provisional toll from a night of madness in several French cities left two dead and almost 200 injured , including a police officer who is in a coma . In this context, the new European champion will celebrate the title with its supporters in a parade on the Champs-Élysées in Paris (5:00 p.m. local time, 12:00 p.m. Argentina time), will be received at the Élysée Palace by French President Emmanuel Macron (2:00 p.m. Argentina time), and will finish the day at its Parc des Princes stadium (2:30 p.m.).

Across France, at least 192 people have been injured and 692 fires have broken out, 264 of which involved vehicles, according to a report released by authorities.

Photo: EFE/EPA/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON Photo: EFE/EPA/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON

At least 22 law enforcement officers were injured , as well as seven firefighters. A police officer is in an induced coma in the northern town of Coutances after being hit by a firecracker. According to Le Figaro, the officer was taken to a hospital in Caen.

A young man - not a woman as initially reported - died in Paris while riding a scooter on a street in the 15th arrondissement, in the west of the capital and not far from the PSG stadium.

On Saturday night, a 17-year-old boy died after being stabbed in the chest , the circumstances of which remain unclear. The teenager was taken to a hospital in Dax (a town in the Landes region of France, about 700 kilometers from Paris) in serious condition, but he did not survive his injuries.

The local newspaper Sud Ouest reported that it is not yet known whether the young man was a PSG fan and that the Bayonne Judicial Police are investigating the incident.

Photo: EFE/EPA/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON Photo: EFE/EPA/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON

The two deaths were the most serious incidents known to date during PSG celebrations .

500 kilometers southeast of Paris, in Grenoble, a car plowed into a crowd early this morning, injuring four members of the same family, two of them seriously .

Likewise, in Paris, the epicenter of the celebrations, nearly 500 people have been arrested for altercations with the police, and numerous damages and looting of some establishments have been reported, despite the presence of some 5,000 security personnel.

Fires, burned cars, looting, destruction and violence in Paris. If you import fourth world you become fourth world. pic.twitter.com/xLQ1KGCFnI

— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) June 1, 2025

For this Sunday's events, authorities have set a limit of 110,000 fans to attend the parade on the Champs-Élysées in Paris , and for the celebration at the Parc des Princes, there will be limited access with priority for club members .

Much of Paris's most aristocratic and tourist-friendly district will be closed to traffic this Sunday, and several metro stations in the Champs-Élysées area will be closed.

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