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145 People Were Pricked With Syringes at France Music Fest: Report


Twelve detained after 145 people were pricked with syringes during a street music festival in France, officials say.

A crowd at open-air concert for the Fete de la Musique in Clermont-Ferrand, France on June 21, 2025 Romain Costaseca / Hans Lucas via AFP/Getty Images Twelve suspects were detained in France over the weekend after at least 145 people reported being pricked with syringes during a nationwide street music festival, the country’s interior ministry announced. Reports of similar syringe attacks spread in the summer of 2022, with the government putting out messages to be vigilant and advising folks to go to the police immediately, per The Guardian.

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