1 News The European correspondent recovers after being gassed at the riots of the World Cup in Paris

A 1 News Journalists Talk About Tear Gas While Covering World Cup Riots in Paris, France

French Police Used Tear Gas On Elysees crowds late Sunday local time, after France beat Croatia 4-2 in the World Cup final.

The Reuters news agency reports that millions of fans of the France team have inflamed themselves in the street, but some have clashed with police, damaging companies and properties along the famous avenue of Paris.

European correspondent Joy Reid had previously reported riots that took place at the top of a Parisian building, showing images of water cannons used to move the crowd.

"We realized that the police had just cleaned up the area. only minutes before had sprayed the roads with tear gas, "Reid said. READ MORE

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"We walked the last 100 meters to our hotel with sharp eyes and burning throat, we could barely see because our eyes were so watered and it was hard to keep them open."

"We were returning to our hotel which was only 400 meters from the place where we had distributed breakfast from a point above the Champs-Elysees. Once inside the hotel, the concierge has rushed to give us milk.

She said that they could still hear the siren, the firecracker and the car horns on the outside But the streets were now much quieter.

Earlier, she tweeted pictures of her red eyes and tears ran down her face after the attack.

"I met some unexpected tear gas coming back to the hotel! We agree. "

1 NEWS 'Newsshathering's editor, Phil O' Sullivan, said the staff was required to do a "risk assessment", which identifies all the risks before going to work. The evaluation of SOS International was included for its time in Paris

O. Sullivan said the staff of 1NEWS was trained for a range of hostile environments.

"Our foreign publisher was in touch with the team throughout his stay in Paris." In this case, their training greatly helped them. "

This is the second incident involving New Zealand journalist covering World Cup football

Last week, Newshub's Lloyd Burr had beer thrown through him during a living cross at The AM Show while covering the shock of England with Croatia.

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