More than 240 people were arrested, two people stabbed, and others raped, as France’s biggest open air music festival descended into intense violence.
The 40-year-old man and woman, who have not been named, were attacked in the early hours of Monday at the Fête de la Musique – a nationwide ‘street party’ attended by thousands of British people.
Police also reported two alleged rapes, multiple other sexual assaults, muggings, and girls being stabbed with syringes, on a night of anarchy.
WTF?
🇫🇷BREAKING: Incredible violence and lynchings in the middle of the street during the Festival of Music in Paris (Fête de la Musique).
The interior ministry claims the event was peaceful with “no major incidents.”
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🇫🇷🔴Youths twerked on destroyed cars in Paris during the Festival of Music (Fête de la Musique) amid scenes of chaos.
Despite 243 arrests nationwide and 148 in Paris alone, the French Interior Ministry reported “the situation across the country was under control.”
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