By Sunday afternoon, the scene near the Eiffel Tower was calm. Thousands of Paris Saint-Germain supporters filled the area to mark the club’s Champions League victory — a celebration that looked nothing like what had unfolded the night before.
Violent clashes overnight forced police to detain hundreds of people. The source of the unrest wasn’t immediately clear, and no breakdown of arrests by location or charge was available by the time NPR published its report on Sunday, June 1.
Then morning came. Gone.
The crowd that assembled Sunday was described as peaceful, gathering around one of the most recognizable landmarks in Europe to mark what PSG’s fans had been waiting years to see their club achieve on the continental stage.
It isn’t unusual for a major soccer title to bring both celebrants and trouble into the streets of a host city – or, in PSG’s case, the city the club calls home. What made Sunday’s scene notable was how sharply it broke from the overnight disorder that preceded it.
How many people were detained, what charges they faced, and whether any remained in custody as of Sunday morning weren’t addressed in the available reporting.
Originally reported by NPR. Read the original report.
