Injuries marked France's qualification to the World Cup final on Tuesday night.
Nearly 30 football fans were injured in Nice when fireworks were thrown shortly before the end of the French national team's winning match in the World Cup and its qualification to the final, causing panic and many people to be trampled.
The incident underscores how fresh the wounds are and how tense the nerves are in the French Riviera city where, two years ago, a jihadist threw the refrigerated truck leading to the crowd celebrating Bastille Day, killing them. 86 people.
The crowd panicked because of the "fireworks explosions", explained Jean-Gabriel Delacroix, a municipal official, adding that 27 people were injured, although no one was seriously injured.
"Most injuries are abrasions from glasses and bruises suffered by people who fell"