In a shocking incident 145 individuals reported being pricked with syringes during a nationwide street music festival. The attacks took place across France, with Paris police confirming at least 24 cases in the capital, Paris. Till now, 12 suspected attackers have been arrested. Millions of people took to the streets over the weekend for the nationwide celebration Fête de la Musique.
Disturbing Visuals from France Music Festival:
Several images and videos are being poured on social media of this shocking incident. One user termed it as "Nightmare in #France".
Another user posted distrubing visuals and wrote, "Chaos at France’s Music Festival 2025 (Fête de la Musique). What was meant to be a night of celebration turned into total mayhem."
Strict Action On The Shocking Incident:
According to the interior ministry, it remains unclear whether the cases of “needle spiking” – in which attackers use syringes to inject victims typically in the arm, leg or buttocks – involved date-rape drugs such as Rohypnol or GHB, which can leave individuals disoriented, unconscious and vulnerable to assault.
According to the reports, many of the suspects remain on the run, but one Bangladeshi migrant with a deportation order was arrested in Montpellier during the festival. He is suspected of injecting a young woman and was arrested with an empty syringe in his possession.
In Paris, at least 24 people—including 23 women and a 15-year-old girl—have filed complaints with the police after they were illegally injected with syringes in various neighborhoods of Paris during Music Festival 2025. A 36-year-old man with autism was arrested for jabbing one woman, according to Le Parisien.
In addition to the needle attacks, police arrested 371 people across France on Saturday night for various incidents, nearly 90 of them in Paris, the ministry said.
