A post-match brawl that broke out when Paris Saint-Germain fans ganged up on a Hapoel Tel Aviv supporter - culminating in a shooting death - shows the need to crack down on racism and anti-Semitism among football fans, the Paris mayor said yesterday.

The brawl on Thursday night ended with a plainclothes police officer shooting into the crowd to protect the Tel Aviv fan, killing one person and injuring another.

"The seriousness of this event confirms the absolute necessity of fighting racism and anti-Semitism among PSG fans," Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe said in a statement.

Delanoe said he would contact the Paris police chief and the president of PSG, which plays in the French first division, to come up with a plan to fight the problem.

Hooliganism, overt racism and fan violence have plagued PSG and, more generally, French football in recent years.