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Police Arrest 243 After Music Festival Violence, Stabbings, Rapes

6/26/2026

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Police arrested 243 people, including 148 in Paris, after violence broke out at the Fête de la Musique festival.
Police reported two stabbings, over ten syringe attacks on women, and rapes of a young woman in Paris’s 9th arrondissement and a 15-year-old in Nogent-sur-Marne.
Nearly 5,000 officers used tear gas, intervened only when necessary, and treated knifed victims in Toulouse and Colomiers while crowds gathered near Notre Dame after 11 p.m.

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Police arrested 243 people, including 148 in Paris, after violence broke out at the Fête de la Musique festival.
Police reported two stabbings, over ten syringe attacks on women, and rapes of a young woman in Paris’s 9th arrondissement and a 15-year-old in Nogent-sur-Marne.
Nearly 5,000 officers used tear gas, intervened only when necessary, and treated knifed victims in Toulouse and Colomiers while crowds gathered near Notre Dame after 11 p.m.