Nearly 150 Report Being Jabbed With Needles at French Music Festival

French officials said Sunday that 145 people across the country, including 13 in Paris, reported that they had been stabbed with needles at an annual nationwide music festival on Saturday. Twelve people were arrested in connection with the stabbings.

“Some victims were taken to the hospital for toxicological tests,” the ministry said. French officials did not provide any details about the people who were arrested or about what substances the syringes may have contained.

While the number of victims was small compared with the millions of people who attended Fête de la Musique events across France, the reports were among a number of alarming episodes in recent years in which people have reported being injected without their knowledge or consent in crowded spaces like clubs or bars.

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