11 December 2022 at 01:25 Tear gas against football supporters in Paris French police used tear gas against football fans in Paris after disturbances arose when Morocco and France won their respective matches in the football World Cup on Saturday. Thousands of football supporters gathered on the Champs-Élysées after Morocco won over Portugal, which sent the country to the semi-finals, writes Reuters. The supporters chanted, waved flags, used horns and set off fireworks among large numbers of deployed police officers. Even more supporters joined in as France also won their quarter-final later in the evening. Footage from Reuters shows people smashing shop windows and getting into a scuffle with the police. There were also smaller fires on the Avenue de Friedland close to the Champs-Élysées, writes the news agency. (NTB)
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