The phenomenon of evening bites, still unexplained, continues. And investigations too. A man was arrested on the evening of Tuesday, June 21, in Versailles, in the Yvelines, according to information communicated Wednesday by the prosecution. He is suspected of being the author of four needle sticks during the festivities organized for the Fête de la Musique, franceinfo learned on Wednesday from a police source.
During the evening, two people saw this 37-year-old man sting two young minors. The latter lodged a complaint and one of the two witnesses had the reflex to film, said a police source to France Télévisions. “Thanks to this video, a precise report could be broadcast, allowing the arrest”, emphasizes this source. But the syringe was not found during the palpation.
Eight other arrests took place in addition to that of Versailles: four in Asnières-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine) and three in Arras (Pas-de-Calais). In Asnières-sur-Seine, an investigation was opened for “aggravated violence and administration of harmful substance” and the four guards were still in progress Wednesday at midday, according to information from the Nanterre prosecutor’s office communicated to France Télévisions .
In the East, un man was taken into custody at around 1 a.m. Wednesday for stabbing “at least two people” with syringes during the music festival in Nancy, said the city prosecutor’s office. The suspect was arrested by the police who found two syringes in his backpack, said the public prosecutor, François Pérain. Two victims, including one who had filmed the suspect, had gone to denounce the facts to the police.
Complaints for injections in nightclubs, bars and festivals are piling up across the whole of France, but the evidence is still lacking to determine the reality of these malicious acts. As of June 16, 800 complaints had been filed for stings and 1,098 victims were identified, but none of the analyzes carried out revealed the presence of GHB, nicknamed “the rape drug”, according to a report by the National Police Directorate (DGPN) carried out on Saturday June 18.