Calm returns to Canal Saint-Martin after hooligan clashes in Paris | OneFootball

Calm returned to the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris’s 10th arrondissement on Friday morning after violent clashes on Thursday night. According to L'Équipe, a restaurant was ransacked during the disorder.

The bar-restaurant L'Atmosphère, whose windows were shattered, reopened at nine am. Despite broken furniture and crockery, the terrace was busy under the sun.

Groups from Nice, initially gathered at the Cork and Craven at 70 quai de Jemmapes, left to meet Paris counterparts around 23:30. The pub shut its doors for several minutes with some customers kept inside for safety, as it had during past attacks.

An imbalance in numbers, about 150 from Nice joined by Lille, Nancy and Saarbrücken allies against roughly 50 Parisians, triggered a pursuit across the canal at rue de Lancry. They converged towards Square Villemin, stopping outside L'Atmosphère, one of the few places still open near midnight.

Residents accustomed to noise stepped outside after hearing the din. Witnesses described masked men dressed in black throwing chairs and tables at the café and phoning police for help.

One neighbour said it looked more like a riot than a fight and that some shouted death threats, while rejecting claims of a racist raid as politicians condemned the violence. Police later intervened, placing 65 people in custody, including four minors. Six injuries were recorded, with one person in a serious condition, and by daybreak normal activity resumed, with a few Nice shirts visible without incident.

Source: L'Équipe