Algerian football fans in Paris, Marseille, Lyon and other cities celebrated their soccer team’s Africa Cup of Nations win by rioting, looting stores and wielding chainsaws in a night of chaos.
Algerians poured out onto the streets following their team’s victory over Ivory Coast last night.
Les algériens arrivent de plus en plus nombreux et envahissent désormais la place de l’Etoile à Paris. #CIVALG #Algerie #CAN2019 pic.twitter.com/hSIMEoZoIc
— Remy Buisine (@RemyBuisine) July 11, 2019
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Police were deployed to the center of Paris to keep order as vandals threw fireworks. One video even shows a man wielding a chainsaw.
#diversity is our strength, chainsaws on the #ChampsElysees in #Paris with celebrating Algerian nationals. #Algeria pic.twitter.com/3lCN0oDQO0
— Sotiri Dimpinoudis (@sotiridi) July 11, 2019
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Another clip shows aggressive fans, some wearing the colors of Algeria, smashing shop windows and breaking in.
#Breaking: Update – Multiple shops are being looted on the #ChampsElysees in #Paris, after Algerian nationals illegally gathered and stopped traffic. After home country team advanced to quarter finals in the Africa Cup. #Algeria #CAN2019 pic.twitter.com/QMAWpDHuol
— Sotiri Dimpinoudis (@sotiridi) July 11, 2019
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The fans shouted “Allahu Akbar!,” “Nique la France” (Fuck France) and “on va baiser des keufs” (We are going to fuck the cops) as they attacked store fronts.
#CIVALG #Paris #ChampsElysees
Des algériens et de tunisiens pillent des magasins des Champs-Elysées aux cris de «Allah Akbar» «Nique la France» «on va baiser des "keufs"» pic.twitter.com/BhIa6Rh9PA— Alex (@AlexLeroy90) July 11, 2019
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“Tensions started boiling by around 11pm with at least one Molotov cocktail thrown at police lines. Riot forces responded with tear gas and rubber bullets to stop the crowd from vandalizing cars and looting shops,” reports RT.
Situation désormais tendue sur les #ChampsElysees : Plusieurs dégradations de boutiques, notamment Ducati. #Paris pic.twitter.com/85WmJF2HNM
— Remy Buisine (@RemyBuisine) July 11, 2019
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Similar disturbances were also reported in Marseille, Lyon, Valence and other French cities.
Another clip shows French police deploying tear gas as fans flee down a street.
Footage of police deploying teargas in #Paris off #ChampsElysees in aftermath of celebrations following #Algerie win in #CIVALG #africancupofnations pic.twitter.com/4A30QcktEW
— Niall Quinn (@NiallQuinn) July 11, 2019
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As we previously reported, during last year’s World Cup, a woman and her partner were viciously beaten in Paris by a group of Algerian men the sin of shouting “Vive la France!”
French cities were also besieged by anarchists and migrants after the World Cup final, with shops being looted, vehicles set alight and buildings torched.
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