"3:00 am [01:00 GMT], the preliminary assessment is 83 people arrested by the police," the police prefecture said in a Twitter post on Monday.
A 03h00, le bilan provisoire est de 83 personnes interpellées par les forces de l'ordre. pic.twitter.com/jnV2P0c3HS
— Préfecture de Police (@prefpolice) August 24, 2020
In an earlier tweet, police said that a total of 43 people had been arrested "in connection with violence."
According to a Sputnik correspondent, police used tear gas against football fans who gathered in Paris on the night of the UEFA Champions League final that ended with FC Bayern Munich beating Paris St. Germain 1-0.
On Sunday night, hundreds of football fans accumulated on the avenue of Champs-Elysees, where mass gatherings are prohibited amid the coronavirus pandemic. Social distancing guidelines were impossible to observe because of the large number of people, according to a Sputnik correspondent.
🔴 #EnDirect | 🔴 Atmosphère sur les Champs-Élysées après la finale historique pour le #PSG qui a fini par une victoire du #Bayern
— Sputnik France (@sputnik_fr) August 23, 2020
Suivez en direct: https://t.co/LWtPjelTag#UCLfinal #UCLFinal2020 #PSGBayern #PSGBAY pic.twitter.com/VI4c6Yshn0
#SputnikVidéo | Une voiture brûle dans la capitale pendant que les supporters descendus dans les rues crient: «Paris!»https://t.co/JjX0zdV5rv pic.twitter.com/ogrd4nmClY
— Sputnik France (@sputnik_fr) August 23, 2020
#SputnikVidéo | Les Français sont descendus en nombre sur les Champs-Élysées, réservés aux piétons dès 21h00, après la défaite 0-1 du #PSG face au #Bayern de Munichhttps://t.co/JjX0zdV5rv#UCLfinal #UCLFinal2020 #PSGBayern #PSGBAY pic.twitter.com/WiSFjnIikb
— Sputnik France (@sputnik_fr) August 23, 2020
#SputnikPhotos | Situation sur les Champs-Élysées après la finale de la #LigueDesChampions: fumigènes, feux d’artifices, les FDO sont présenteshttps://t.co/LWtPjelTag#UCLfinal #UCLFinal2020 #PSGBayern #PSGBAY pic.twitter.com/KKpqCZTOFo
— Sputnik France (@sputnik_fr) August 23, 2020
#SputnikVidéo | Défaite du #PSG en finale de la #LigueDesChampions: les #ChampsÉlysées entre gaz et fumigènes
— Sputnik France (@sputnik_fr) August 23, 2020
▶️ Suivez la situation ici: https://t.co/JjX0zdV5rv#UCLfinal #UCLFinal2020 #PSGBayern #PSGBAY pic.twitter.com/nngn0EhXMI
After the Champions League final ended, with French footballer Kingsley Coman (who was trained at Paris Saint-Germain's academy) scoring the decisive lone goal, football fans started to burn flares and firecrackers. Police then used tear gas to disperse the crowds. Several bus stops were damaged on streets adjacent to Champs-Elysees, particularly on Hoche Avenue, and football fans had set trash cans on fire, according to a Sputnik correspondent.
The Paris Police Prefecture said on Twitter in the early hours of Monday that all the people who had gathered on Champs-Elysees had been dispersed and traffic had been restored. The initial assessment from police put the number of arrests at 22.
Sunday night was a sixth time that Bayern won the UEFA (Union of European Football Association) Champions League, the previous win was in 2013.
