France

Paris Saint-Germain fans celebrated their Champions League victory over Arsenal at Champ de Mars, following a thrilling match that ended in a penalty shootout. Captain Marquinhos praised the achievement while addressing the emotional moments post-game. However, overnight disturbances resulted in 780 detentions and injuries, prompting an investigation into a related death.

Paty was killed near Paris on October 16, 2020, days after showing his class cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad during a debate on free expression. The assailant, an 18-year-old Russian of Chechen origin, was shot to death by police.

The French Police had to pander to public opinion, and echoes of the French revolution still ring through Court in Paris. In a case of such global media exposure, the French had to deliver prosecutions. The killer was already dead, so they had to find some other perpetrators. 

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