“High” French culture – Paris in the hands of vandals!

Paris' chief of police Laurent Nunez has argued that there was 'sufficient' policing provided by the city ahead of the riots that saw 491 people arrested and chaos in the streets in the wake of Paris Saint-Germain's historic Champions League win, ‘The Daily Mail’ reports.

Luis Enrique's side claimed their maiden major European title in a 5-0 rout of Inter Milan in Munich on Saturday night.

With the majority of French capital natives supporting the Rouge-et-Bleu rather than their much smaller rivals Paris FC, the city quickly erupted into raucous celebrations.

Rioting broke out throughout Paris and beyond, with two people tragically killed in events connected with the celebrations.

Firefighters in the capital were forced to extinguish street fires which took in cars, with a number of businesses broken into and looted.

After PSG's victory parade on Sunday afternoon, there was further trouble on the famous Champs-Elysees avenue, with riot police using flash ball guns and tear gas on the celebrants.

According to the outlet, some 50 people set up barricades on the road using barriers and rentable bikes.

Footage taken of an incident on the ring road on Saturday evening appeared to show people running from riot police who arrived at the scene on motorbikes.

Huge crowds gathered in all the city's major squares, including République, Bastille, and Nation, where videos showed some of the worst violence.

A ring of steel had been created around the Champs-Élysées, with major department stores and banks using steel shutters to try and keep looters away.

'The crowds are going wild,' said an eye-witness, who asked to be referred to as Jacques, 18.

Youths wearing masks and hoodies were seen roaming around the city looking for trouble.

Motorbikes and discarded mattresses were set alight, sending thick black smoke billowing through the night sky.

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