Fête de la Musique ended with multiple arrests.
While attendees across France enjoyed music at the annual nationwide street festival June 21, 12 individuals were detained for pricking at least 145 people with syringes, according to France’s interior ministry, per CNN.
“The ministry is taking this very seriously,” a spokeswoman from the interior ministry told the outlet June 23. “Toxicology tests are being done and the investigation is ongoing.”
Officials did not share what was in the syringes, but told The Guardian that they have opened an investigation after three people—including a 15-year-old girl and an 18-year-old boy—were all jabbed in separate locations of Paris. (All three reported feeling unwell after the alleged attack.)
Local law enforcement told the outlet that 13 cases took place in Paris, as well as in other cities in France, including Angoulême, where four suspects allegedly stabbed 50 of the nearly 150 total victims.
E! News has reached out to French officials for comment and has not yet heard back.
