Overview
- Officers intervened around 8:50 p.m. Saturday after surveillance flagged fumigènes and fireworks at Place de Varsovie and the Trocadéro, and no injuries were reported.
- The Paris police prefecture said 40 people were taken into custody and a judicial inquiry was opened.
- Arrests occurred in two waves—ten first on the Pont d’Iéna, then about thirty at the Trocadéro—with two minors among those detained, according to Le Parisien.
- Prefect of police Patrice Faure publicly thanked units for a rapid response that stopped the disturbance.
- The incident follows recent unauthorized pyrotechnic displays in Paris, including a mid‑December event linked to influencer Loris Giuliano; Franceinfo reported participants identified as PSG supporters and said 26 custodial detentions were lifted Sunday evening.