Champions League final: State calls for responsibility for stadium chaos as questions arise over loss of CCTV footage | UK News

Questions have been raised about why CCTV, of the chaos outside the Stade de France on the night of the Champions League final, was automatically deleted.

French senators said the footage – which appeared to show police spraying pepper spray on fans and families at last month’s match against Real Madrid – had not been turned over to investigators and has now disappeared. pass away. consider the evening handling.

They have asked the state to admit responsibility for what happened and identify the guilty parties behind the mishandling of the mobs.

Security at the Stade de France appeared to have been overwhelmed by the size of the crowd, leaving many supporters waiting outside on the ground for hours.

French authorities initially blamed what they claimed were 30,000-40,000 British fans who they said had arrived “without valid tickets”.

But in an attempt to find out what happened on the ground, Sky News geolocated some videos posted on social mediawhich shows fans being mocked, fences wide open, and being targeted with pepper spray.

Sky Sports News Chief Correspondent, Kaveh Solhekol, was among the tearful at the stadium.

The failure drew worldwide attention to France’s heavy-handed policy and raised questions about how France manages security at major events. Liverpool FC has requested an “official investigation” into the events.

Senator Laurent Lafon, who is leading a committee seeking an explanation for what happened, said: “The general impression about the opening of the Champions League final is lack of preparation, lack of preparation. upstream, lack of response during events and problematic management after the events.

“The severity of the events … requires a response from the state,” he said.

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He did not name any specific perpetrators but noted that all those responsible for managing the situation “have failed at some point”, and that they all work for the government.

The automatic deletion of surveillance video leads to “an impression that no one is responsible, and since no one is responsible, no one is at fault,” he said.

He and another senator spoke at the Stade de France to summarize the commission’s work to date. They do not directly refer to police violence.

A senior government official tasked with issuing a report on what happened said security measures should have been adjusted when crowds gathered.

Questioning senators, Michel Cadot called for exploring new ways of crowd control at stadiums, such as installing police systems and artificial intelligence to track and predict the movements of crowds, especially before the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Blame change

The Paris police chief has admit the evening was a “failure” but he and the Home Secretary insist that the police are responding to the presence of tens of thousands of supporters without tickets or with fake tickets near the stadium.

Witnesses and the mayor of Liverpool have challenged the French authorities’ version and say that French authorities are seeking to blame.

UEFA is also investigating the incidents that ruined one of world sport’s biggest matches.

Real Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0 to win the right to the final.