Terrorist attack in Yvelines: football matches in the areas of the shooting postponed

Football will be stopped in the surrounding communities of Trappes and La Verrière this weekend. The Paris Football League has decided to postpone matches planned in this area of ​​the Yvelines department following the terrorist attack on Friday which caused the death of a man and injuries to five people, including a 12-year-old girl.

“Following the extremely serious tragedy that occurred today in Trappes and the surrounding communities, the Paris Île-de-France Football League has decided to postpone all football matches planned in this territory,” explained the League before specifying that these matches “were likely to lead to significant travel and gatherings of players, managers and supporters.”

Risks of “mobilization, tension or difficulties”

“Faced with the tragedy which strikes this territory, the League considers that it is its responsibility to take all the necessary measures so that football does not constitute an additional source of mobilization, tension or difficulty in such a painful context,” added the leaders who wanted to send “a message of compassion, affection and solidarity that we wish to send to the families of the victims, their loved ones and all the residents affected by this tragedy.”