Cases of stings in nightclubs “without tangible explanation” have been reported. They mainly affect women.
Fifteen investigations have been opened since December and entrusted to the departmental security of Rennes after reports of injections, mainly affecting women, a phenomenon which remains “without tangible explanation“, said Wednesday, April 27 the prosecution.
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“Fifteen procedures have been recorded at the Rennes public 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 public prosecutor of Rennes Philippe Astruc. According to the prosecutor, they established “a single illness, a single presence of a suspicious person at the time of the bite, no subsequent attempted robbery or sexual assault“.
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These bites aremost often on the upper body (back or arms)” wheras'”no biological analysis revealed any suspicious substance“, adds Philippe Astruc, specifying however that there had not been the results of all the analyzes. “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.
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