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AFCON 2019: Shops Looted, Woman Dead In France After Algeria Football Win by silverbirdng(op): 11:56am On Jul 12, 2019
Shops in central Paris were looted and a woman was killed in a high-speed car crash in southern France in what the government slammed Friday as “unacceptable” unrest following a key victory for Algeria’s national football team.

Fans of the Algerian team flocked to the Champs-Elysees in central Paris and the Vieux Port area in Marseille late Thursday after their side defeated Ivory Coast on penalties to reach the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations.

Police used tear gas to disperse thousands of people who had gathered in Paris. The same measures were used to scatter crowds in Marseille.

“The damage and incidents last night on the sidelines of the celebrations… are unacceptable,” Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said in a tweet.

“I hail the actions of the security forces in Paris and across the country to maintain order and contain the excesses,” he added.

In total, 43 people were detained.

In the southern city of Montpellier, an Algerian football supporter celebrating his team’s win lost control of his car and ran over a family, killing a woman and seriously injuring her baby, a security official said.

The 21-year-old man was driving at high speed in the Mosson neighbourhood, the official said. The driver was taken into police custody.

The woman was walking with her one-year-old baby and 17-year-old daughter when the accident happened.

The baby suffered traumatic injuries and was rushed to the hospital. The 17-year-old had a slight ankle injury.

Algeria, the favourites in this year’s Africa Cup of Nations, defeated the Ivory Coast 4-3 on penalties in the Egyptian city of Suez to set up a semi-final showdown with Nigeria.

Paris and Marseille are home to large minority communities of Algerian origin. Football celebrations, with supporters brandishing large national flags, have on occasion been a source of tensions.




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Re: AFCON 2019: Shops Looted, Woman Dead In France After Algeria Football Win by silverbirdng(op): 11:57am On Jul 12, 2019

Re: AFCON 2019: Shops Looted, Woman Dead In France After Algeria Football Win by Emaax77(m): 12:26pm On Jul 12, 2019
Fanatic Fans showing too much emotion. Don't worry Chukwueze is coming for you all
Re: AFCON 2019: Shops Looted, Woman Dead In France After Algeria Football Win by Harlem2(m): 12:46pm On Jul 12, 2019
But na penalty now
undecided undecided
Ivory coast hold you guys down na
Re: AFCON 2019: Shops Looted, Woman Dead In France After Algeria Football Win by ImmaculateJOE(m): 1:50pm On Jul 12, 2019
Arabians are curse to humanity.
Re: AFCON 2019: Shops Looted, Woman Dead In France After Algeria Football Win by simonlee(m): 2:02pm On Jul 12, 2019
ImmaculateJOE:
Arabians are curse to humanity.
your stupidity is an insult to the human race!

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