Hundreds of Chelsea fans have gone on the rampage in central Paris tonight, smashing up cafes and shops before tonight’s Champions League quarter final. The worst of the violence was in Rue St Denis, a popular tourist street full of pubs and bars.
Some 400 thugs could be seen making 'Seig Heil' salutes and chanting racist abuse before they started attacking Paris St Germain fans.
‘We’re trying to contain the violence but it’s spreading,’ said one officer on the scene, as riot units arrived on mass. Flares were let off, and the small, packed streets was soon filled with thick black smoke.
... A group of around 100 fans then ran down the Rue St Denis, towards the Seine river, smashing up anything in their path.
Tables and chairs were destroyed outside the McBride’s Irish pub, and windows were put in. The outside of a clothes shop was also destroyed, while bottles were thrown at evening drinkers sitting in cafes