damage to La Guillotière after a victory for Algeria |
Police illustration. (Photo by DENIS CHARLET / AFP)
The supporters of Algeria signaled the title of their team in the Arab Cup, causing degradation.
According to Progress, overflows occurred, Saturday, December 18, on the sidelines of the victory of Algeria against Tunisia in the final of the Arab Football Cup. At first, in the early evening, the supporters declared victory in a good-natured atmosphere at La Guillotière, where the police were in the dark. Public transport was disrupted as well as traffic by the parade of happy supporters. It was later in the evening that some of them, “excited”, began to attack the police.
Glass bottle jets
After overturning a container of bottles, supporters threw glass at mobile gendarmes and police vehicles. Six members of the security forces were slightly injured, garbage cans set on fire and a damaged bus shelter. An arrest took place during the evening. On the places Bellecour and Gabriel-Péri, some warm-ups occurred, but the police dispersed the groups.