Her police France He has captured 12 suspects after reporting 145 people that they were “pierced” with syringes during the annual festival Chora music.
Millions of people took to the streets all over France on Saturday night (21.06.2025) for the festival Music festivalwith the authorities reporting “unprecedented crowds” in Paris.
The interior ministry stated that 145 victims Throughout the country they had reported that they were attacked with needles during outdoor music events across the country. Paris police reported 13 cases in the capital.
Officials did not say if they were cases of “nailing” of the needle with rape on appointments, such as Rohypnol or GHBused by attackers to make victims in confusion or unconscious and vulnerable to sexual assault, according to Guardian.
In Paris, investigations began after reporting three peopleamong which one 15 -year -old girl and one 18 -year -oldthat they were “nailed” by syringes to different incidents, as prosecutors said.
Throughout France, 12 suspicious They have been arrested, the interior ministry said. Between them were 4 people In the southwestern city of Angulm, which are considered suspiciously that they were targeted about 50 victims.
In fact, one of the allegedly suspects, one 20 -year -old A man, he was previously known to the police for violence.
Two men arrested also in the center of the northeast city Met as suspicious of syringes attacks. The Regional Public Broadcasting Agency France 3 reported that one man had been arrested with a syringe and a woman who reported the incident had recognized the other.
Metz’s local prosecutor’s office stated that allegedly victims were under 18.
Local Public Radio Station ICI France reported that several young women had complained that they were stabbed them with syringes in Évreux and Rouen, Normandy. A woman was taken to the hospital with pain in her left handwhere she thought they had nailed her with a needle. In the western town of Tour, 13 women complained In the fire departments that were shifting to a musical event that someone had pierced them with a syringe.
The 2022 There was a wave of reports on alleged attacks with syringes against women and men in clubs, bar, music eventseven in theaters. The government then made messages about people who go out at night to be careful and advised them that they should go to the police immediately and have a toxicological examination if they believe they had been narrowed by a syringe jump.
Some complaints were made by women during the Fête de la Musique of 2022, and during the year several were made hundreds allegations In cities such as Nadi, Grenoble and Toulouse.