“The Ministry is taking this very serious,” a spokeswoman from the interior ministry told cnn
Twelve Suspects Were Detained in France Over the Weekend After Least 145 People Report Being Pricked With Syringes During a Nationwide Street Music Festival, The Country's Internory Ministry AnnoUnedd.
The incidents Occurred Across the Nationwide Celebration Fête de la Musique, with at Least 13 Cases Happening in Paris. According to the Ministry, It's Still Unclear If the Incidents Had to do with “Needle Spiking,” where Attackers Inject Date-Rape Drugs Into Victims To Leave Them Disoriented or Vulneratable to Assault.
According to CBS News, Three People in Paris-Including at 15-Year-Old Girl and an 18-Year-Ovil-Report Feeling Unwell After Being Pricked by the syringes. Of the 12 Suspects Arrestted, Four Came From The City of Angouleme, and are Suspected of Targeting 50 of the Victims.
“The ministry is taking this very serious,” a spokeswoman from the interior ministry told cnn. “Toxicology tests are being done and the investigation is ongoing.”
According to CNN and CBS, Feminist Influencers in the Country, Including Abbrège Soeur, Alleged That Women in the State Were Being Targeted in Syringe Attacks. “These are extremely serius accidents,” Paris Police Chief Laurent Nuñez Told French Outlet Cnews, Calling The Calls Online to Attack Women “Completely Idiotic.”
Overall, More Than 370 People Were Detained During The Weekend's Massive Music Festival Over Various Charges. Fourteen Festivalgoers Faced Serious Injuries, although it's Unclear If they were related to the syrinx incidents.
Reports of Similar Syringe Attacks Spread in The Summer of 2022, with the Government Putting Out Messages to Be Vigilant and Advision Folks to Go to the Police Immediately, for The Guardian. Several of Those Alleged Attacks Also Occurred in Nantes, Grenoble, and Toulouse During the Annual Fête de la Musique.
