Shocking / 145 people, mostly women, victims of syringe punctures during festival on the streets of France! 12 arrested

2025-06-23 16:33:13Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Music Festival, France

French police have detained 12 suspects after 145 people reported being stabbed with syringes during the country's annual street music festival, officials said Sunday.

Millions of people took to the streets across France on Saturday night for the Fete de la Musique, with authorities reporting massive crowds, particularly in Paris.

Before the holiday, several posts on social media had called for women to be targeted during the festivities.

The interior ministry said 145 victims across the country had reported being stabbed with needles. Paris police reported 13 cases in the capital.

Officials did not say whether these were cases of so-called date rape drugs such as Rohypnol or GHB, used by attackers to render victims dazed or unconscious and vulnerable to sexual assault. There was a wave of such attacks in the United Kingdom and a number of other European countries about three years ago.

"Some victims were taken to hospital for toxicological tests," the French Interior Ministry said.

In Paris, investigations were opened after three people, including a 15-year-old girl and an 18-year-old man, reported being injected in separate incidents across Paris, prosecutors said. All three reported feeling unwell.

Across France, 12 suspects have been arrested, the Interior Ministry said. Among them were four people in the southwestern city of Angouleme, suspected of targeting about 50 victims, a police source said.

In addition to these suspects, more than 370 people were arrested during the festival on various charges, including nearly 90 people in Paris.

Fourteen revelers were seriously injured, including a 17-year-old who was hospitalized after being found sitting in the street with a stab wound to the lower abdomen.

Thirteen members of law enforcement were also injured.

Paris police prefect Laurent Nunez said "no major incidents have been reported."


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