Over a hundred people jabbed with syringes at French music festival

Nearly 150 people were jabbed with syringes during a street music festival in France, the country’s interior ministry said, adding that authorities had arrested at least 12 suspects

Nearly 150 people were jabbed with syringes during a street music festival in France, the country’s interior ministry said, adding that authorities had arrested at least 12 suspects.

Across France, millions of people spilled out into the streets over the weekend to celebrate the annual Fête de la Musique. In Paris, the capital, authorities reported that there were three to four times as many people in public as normal.

The needle attacks involved 145 victims, including 13 in Paris, the French Interior Ministry told NBC News in a statement, adding that at least 12 people had been arrested.

In the northeastern French city of Metz, police arrested two individuals, including a “syringe attacker,” during a festival that broke all attendance records, Mayor François Grosdidier said in a post on Instagram.

“Risks are always present in wild...However, we had to deal with syringe attacks,” Grosdidier wrote.