Europe 1 with AFP 3:49 p.m., April 27, 2022
Fifteen investigations have been opened since December and entrusted to the Rennes departmental security after reports of injections, mainly affecting women, a phenomenon which remains "without tangible explanation", the prosecution said on Wednesday.
Similar facts have been reported in several other cities.
Fifteen investigations have been opened since December and entrusted to the Rennes departmental security after reports of injections, mainly affecting women, a phenomenon which remains "without tangible explanation", the prosecution said on Wednesday.
"Fifteen procedures have been recorded at the Rennes prosecutor's office since December 10, 2021, in night establishments in Rennes (night bar, nightclubs or concert hall), involving 14 women and one man", according to the prosecutor of the Republic of Rennes Philippe Astruc.
'No attempted robbery or sexual assault' reported following stings
According to the prosecutor, they established "a single discomfort, a single presence of a suspicious person at the time of the injection, no attempted robbery or sexual assault afterwards".
These bites are "most often on the upper body (back or arms)" while "no biological analysis revealed any suspicious substance", adds Philippe Astruc, specifying however that there had been no results of all analyses.
"To date, no one has therefore been implicated with regard to this phenomenon which remains without tangible explanation", notes the prosecutor.
Cases of bites have been reported during concerts at the Printemps de Bourges and recently in nightclubs, notably in Béziers, Grenoble, Périgueux or Nantes.