During the celebration of the music feast, a frightening series of mysterious punctures appeared in France. More than 140 people reported that they were stabbed with a needleand some of them ended up in a hospital with health problems, reports the French media and.
Dozens of people were reported across the country as victims of mysterious punctures, often not knowing what they were attacked. These cases have caused panic and concerns about the possible administration of hazardous substances, Especially due to challenges on social networks before the events that encouraged the prickling of women.
The French Ministry of the Interior recorded a total of 145 cases after punctures in the metropolitan part and overseas territories of the country. The police identified at least 131 victims and arrested 14 suspects. The incidents were mainly concentrated in cities such as Paris, Lyon, Metz, Nantes or Limoges, but they were reported from almost all corners of France, including the island of Réunion.
21 cases were reported in Paris, 13 of them directly in the city center. In three different locations, a 15-year-old girl, an 18-year-old young man and one woman who subsequently had health problems and were hospitalized for toxicological examinations, suffered punctures.
Similar events took place in Lyon, where two men aged 19 and 24 allegedly injected people in their thighs and hands. 16 young women ended up in Metz in Metz, most of them were underage.
It is not excluded that there was no substance at all and the punctures were only fake or performed by a subject other than a syringe. In some cases, the needle victims remained stuck in the body – For example, in Abbeville, where firefighters had to hit it and secured it as evidence.
Although none of the victims were threateningly injured, these incidents have caused great public concern in France to both the public and the police. The investigation is still ongoing, and experts emphasize that every minute is decisive in similar attacks, especially in proving the presence of toxic substances in the body.
