An endless horror, the umpteenth testimony of theSafety emergency that affects France. There are 145 women who denounced they were victims of “stings” By strangers on the night of the 44th edition of the Fête de la Musique, namely music festival, the traditional event that celebrates the summer solstice. An event that this year has recorded a particularly high turnout, favored by the summer climate but marked by an exceptional found and by a strengthened safety context.
Despite the massive deployment of the police – thousands of policemen and gendarmes also lined up in anti -terrorism – the evening was not without worrying episodes. The French authorities confirmed that they received 145 reports relating to suspicious injectionsa practice already emerged in recent years and which consists in injecting potentially narcotic or exciting substances, with the aim of stun the victimsmostly young women, in the context of crowded events.
Twenty-one cases recorded in the $le-de-French region, of which 13 in the capital. Several victims went to the hospital for toxicological investigations. Twelve people arrested after being recognized by some of the women involved. There was no lack of episodes of sexual violence. Overall, they were 371 the stops made During the night – increasing compared to 326 last year – of which 89 only in Paris. The budget of clashes and disorders 13 Police officers were also counted, 14 participants with serious injuries, 51 vehicles given on fire and 39 fires.
In the capital, where the peak of appearances and an overload of the subway lines was recorded, the reinforcement intervention was necessary to prevent the risk of potentially dangerous crowd movements. An episode, this of the stings, which worries the authorities also for his recent promotion on social networks, where in the days before the event they had circulated messages that explicitly incited to hit women during the party.
Dramatic the testimony of a young man. The dynamic is now sadly familiar. Loss of consciousness, vomiting, dizziness, and so on. A woman was the victim of a brutal puncture on Saturday evening in the Pas-de-Calais. The attack took place around 3:45 in the morning in a disco near Lens, according to what reported by BFMTV. “The victim was immediately assisted by his friends, who kept her safe,” said Pas-de-Calais prefecture in a press release. After the aggression, the victim went to the hospital in Lens, where a point of puncture on his back was found. Investigations are underway to determine the products used and an investigation has been opened. The prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais urges the “maximum supervision” in the face of this phenomenon.
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