The press release reports “30 injured supporters, 14 of whom required medical treatment”. Eight police officers also suffered “minor” injuries. » During the brawl, involving two Lyon buses and four Parisians, one of them was “set on fire”, causing the toll barrier to catch fire, and two others “damaged. »
To ensure the security of the match, a thousand members of the police were deployed. They had to intervene for “ten arrests, […] eight fixed misdemeanor fines and public and obvious drunkenness.”
Bertrand Gaume, prefect of the Hauts-de-France region and the Nord department, recalls that “the bus trips of supporters of the two clubs were escorted by the police and the gendarmerie. »
