US EditionMore Than a Dozen Young Women Hospitalized Following Syringe Attack at Popular Music Festival
- On June 21, 2025, during France's annual Fête de la Musique, authorities received reports from over 145 individuals across various cities, including Paris, who experienced needle stings.
- These attacks followed calls on social media encouraging syringe injections targeting women at music festivals in major cities across France.
- Authorities reported fourteen festival participants seriously injured, including a 17-year-old hospitalized with stab wounds to the lower abdomen, while thirteen law enforcement officers were also hurt.
- French authorities arrested twelve individuals suspected of carrying out syringe assaults affecting approximately fifty victims, while over 370 people faced detention on various charges throughout the nationwide festival.
- The incident prompted investigations and public calls for stronger government action against 'date rape' drug use linked to needle spiking at such events.
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The Fête de la Musique, celebrated in France, was overshadowed by a wave of mysterious spray attacks on women this year. 145 women across the country had filed charges, 21 of them in Paris because they had been stabbed with an injection, the Ministry of the Interior reported. Twelve suspects had been arrested.
They were reportedly assaulted in the syringe during this vast musical event held across the country.
At a popular music festival in France, more than 100 women were stabbed with mysterious syringes. What was found in the syringes is still unclear. In the meantime, several suspects were arrested. 145 women had filed charges across the country, 21 of them in Paris, because they had been stabbed with a syringe at the Fête de la Musique, the Ministry of the Interior reported. Twelve suspects had been arrested. Previously, there were apparently call…
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