Officer in coma after PSG’s Champions League fireworks celebrations

Paris Saint-Germain's supporters light smoke flares in front of The Eiffel Tower in Paris on May 31, 2025, during celebrations following their 5-0 victory in the UEFA Champions League final football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Inter Milan held in Munich. (Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP)

A police officer has been placed in an induced coma in France’s Normandy region after being injured by fireworks during celebrations following Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League final victory over Inter Milan, police sources said on Sunday.

“An investigation has been opened for intentional violence against a person in a position of public authority,” said Gauthier Poupeau, a public prosecutor for the northwestern town of Coutances.

According to initial findings, the officer was struck in the eye after a firework went off accidentally, a police source said.

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