Almost 150 concert visitors, many of them teenage girls, were showing off a syringe in a bizarre attack at a national music festival in France on Saturday, and a dozen suspects were recorded in connection with the disturbing barrage, according to officials.
Local and national law enforcement investigates the wave of disturbed incidents in which suspects use spraying with unknown content that stings 145 victims in the popular Fêtes de la Musique, or World Music Day, celebrations throughout the country, making several people in the hospital in the hospital.
The first attack was reported to the police at 9:15 pm on the Rue du Palais in Metz in the northeast of France, According to Mayor François Grosdidie.
Authorities received a report from a suspect involved in one of the attacks and used security images to detect him, Grosdidie said.
“The municipal police identified him on Rue Serpenoise, arrested him and made him available to the National Police and the Ministry of Justice,” he added.
“I hope that the research, in particular through the research of his mobile, will lead to the identification of other attackers.”
Firefighters immediately responded to every attack, implemented seven emergency vehicles and created a gathering place for the victims in d’Armes, said Grosdidie.
French officials expected unprecedented crowds for this year’s Fêtes de la Musique, a free music festival that is held every year at the Summer Solstice.
It shows a mix of professional and amateur musicians who play at different locations, including parks and street corners in cities throughout the country. Officials estimate that 50,000 people attended the concerts in Metz, while “unprecedented crowds” descended on Paris.
Throughout France there were millions of people who took to the streets for the festival on Saturday evening, According to La Monde. None of them was deterred by messages on Snapchat and other social media sites that warned of the bizarre spray attack.
The Ministry of the Interior said that 145 victims throughout the country reported that they had stabbed with needles, in which police officers of Paris are investigating 13 cases in the capital.
Officials did not specify or the sprayers were filled with drugs with date rape such as Rohypnol or GHB, used by sexual attackers to make women and girls vulnerable to sexual violence, La Monde reported.
From Sunday at least three people reported to feel sick after they had showed off the spray blue maniacs.
“Some victims were taken to the hospital for toxicological tests,” the ministry said.
The police arrested 12 suspects they believe were involved in the distorted spray attacks, the Ministry of the Interior said. The attackers are supposed to have focused on around 50 victims, a police source told La Monde.
