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PULSE POINTS
❓WHAT HAPPENED: At least 145 people, including young girls, were stabbed with syringes at a music festival in France.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: 145 victims, over a dozen alleged attackers, French police.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The attacks occurred at the Fête de la Musique festival on June 21.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Some victims were taken to the hospital for toxicological tests.” — French Interior Ministry.
🎯IMPACT: The attacks may have been linked to a call on social media and further increase the danger of rsape and sexual assault for young women and girls in France.
IN FULL
At least 12 people have been arrested for stabbing people with syringes in France, with as many as 145 people reporting being stabbed. The attacks took place at the Fête de la Musique festival on June 21, which takes place across France and draws millions of attendees annually.
According to the French Interior Ministry, the victims were targeted at outdoor music events, and at least 13 of those attacked were in Paris. French authorities refused to say if the stabbings were linked to any drugs commonly used to aid in the sexual assault or rape of victims. “Some victims were taken to the hospital for toxicological tests,” the Ministry said, however.
According to French media, some of those arrested in connection with the attacks were illegal immigrants, including a 28-year-old Bangladeshi man arrested in Montpellier who is also subject to a deportation order. In Metz, several of those stabbed were minors, with the youngest victim just 14 years old. Police arrested two men in connection with the attacks.
According to French media reports, the attacks may have been either called for or coordinated on social media, with one father claiming that his young daughter refused to attend the festival after seeing TikTok videos calling for people to stab young girls with needles at the festival.
Overall, 370 people were arrested across France during the music festival, 90 of them in the Paris area. At least 14 people were seriously injured. One man was found on the street with severe stab wounds to the abdomen, and 13 police officers were injured as well.
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