Morocco, France fans clash with police

News Desk :
Football fans clashed violently with police in Paris following Saturday’s quarter final matches between France and England and Morocco and Portugal.
Around 20,000 people took to the streets of Paris after the final whistle blew in France’s 2-1 victory over England in Qatar.
Although the mood was originally celebratory, clashes between fans and police soon turned violent with officers spraying tear gas into the crowd and arresting at least 74 people, Le Parisien reports.
Video shared on social media appears to show French police kicking and beating several fans who were lying on the ground amid the chaos, reports Mail Online.
Thousands of supporters had filled the famous Parisian avenue soon after the match between Morocco and Portugal, chanting, waving flags and honking their horns amid large police deployment.
More joined them after France’s win against England. Reuters TV footage showed people smashing shop ventures and fights with police.
Photographs from central Paris appeared to show several fires, as well as police with riot shields facing off against protestors with fireworks and flares.
Local media also reported that some projectiles were thrown at police by angry fans. Items being hurled included large pieces of wood and stones.
Police officers responded by using tear gas against some young fans, reportedly outside the famous shopping street’s Dior store.
According to local media, the atmosphere on the streets changed around midnight from one of families celebrating earlier in the evening to groups of young men who began
smashing shop windows and clashing with police.
Several stores on the Champs Elysees had already been bordered up in anticipation of the night’s festivities.