A new report based on hundreds of eyewitness accounts has found lives were "put at risk" by UEFA's "abject failure" at the Champions League final in Paris.
The final, contested between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the Stade de France on May 28, saw thousands of Liverpool supporters treated dangerously in the surrounding areas of France's national stadium. Supporters - including children and those with disabilities - were forced into cramped and dangerous spaces before the game as turnstiles remained closed, before being indiscriminately sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray by French police.
In July, an official French parliamentary report said French authorities had "stereotyped" Liverpool FC fans, who were initially blamed for the chaos by figures such as French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin. And now a new independent panel report, based on the written testimonies of 485 women, men and children, and eyewitness accounts by international journalists, tells the story of those who survived extreme violence at the hands of the police and local gangs.
