France: excesses in several French cities after the victory of the Blues

(Belga) The celebrations in France, after the victory of the national team at the World Cup football, were also marked by excesses in several major cities of the country, including in Paris where a supermarket was ransacked . A man also died in Annecy by jumping in a cbad.

The police had to disperse the crowd in several French cities Sunday evening, at the end of the victory of the Blues in Russia, where the French beat the Croats in World Cup Soccer (4-2). In Paris, where 90,000 people gathered, altercations took place between police and supporters, and tear gas caused a crowd in the 8th district, reports Le Parisien. A shopping complex not far from the Champs-Elysees was also robbed by fans wearing the colors of the team of the Blues and other hooded, according to a video testifying and posted on the internet. Some 4,000 police officers and gendarmes have been mobilized in the capital and a large perimeter of traffic ban is in place until 03:00 Monday in the west and the center of the city. In the Oise, security forces were stoned in Beauvais, where 10,000 people were reunited, and the attackers were dispersed by tear gas. The police were also the target of rock throwing in Menton in the Alpes-Maritime, reports Nice Matin. There too, about twenty policemen responded to these acts by tear gas grenades. Several people were injured in these skirmishes. A policeman was injured in an overflow in Toul in Meurthe-et-Moselle where a supporter was also injured in the explosion of a firecracker, according to L'Est Républicain. Finally, in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, a man killed himself by jumping in the channel Thiou. He succumbed to his injuries. (Belga)