This was a twist on the knives that have been plaguing Europe lately, but it sure is a ghastly development and still involves stabbing - random syringe attacks.
There was a nationwide music festival, the Festival of Music 2025 (Fête de la Musique), throughout France this past Saturday. For 44 years, the organizers have hosted concerts across the country for a single night, encompassing every music genre and discipline, and hosted by venues as diverse as opera halls to bars.
The Summer Solstice of June 21 – the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere – also heralds France’s beloved music festival, the Fête de la Musique, which is marking its 44th year.
Amid the heat, streets, bars, restaurants, gardens, museums and even libraries across France will host thousands of concerts for one night only.
From classical to techno to jazz and rap, the line-up features a mix of renowned artists and bands, including La Femme, Romain Pissenem, Major Lazer Sound System, and Abd al Malik – some of the many artists that will perform at the Olympic Cauldron, which will be re-lit for the first time since the Olympic Games.
Sounds like kind of a cool idea, no?
And very French, as the event has been considered a showcase for the 'triumph of progressivism.'
What wasn't was the call that went out before this year's event on social media.
...Before the festival, there were reportedly calls on social media to jab women with syringes during the festivities. In many such attacks, women are injected with the date rape drug GHB, but attackers also use other substances. However, French authorities have not yet indicated what, if any substances, were involved in these specific attacks.
Ah. Europe is tres progressive, that is true.
...Ahead of the festival, feminist influencers like Abrège Soeur warned that calls had been made on social media for women to be targeted with syringes.
“These are extremely serious incidents,” Nuñez told CNews, calling the online calls to inject women “completely idiotic.”
And across France, the evening was ruined for at least 145 women, if not more, as they were 'pricked' by syringes, and injected with God knows what by they kind of have an idea who.
French police detained 12 people on Sunday after 145 individuals reported being pricked with syringes during a nationwide street music festival, according to France’s interior ministry.
The attacks took place across France, with Paris police confirming at least 13 cases in the capital.
According to the interior ministry, it remains unclear whether the cases of “needle spiking” – in which attackers use syringes to inject victims typically in the arm, leg or buttocks – involved date-rape drugs such as Rohypnol or GHB, which can leave individuals disoriented, unconscious and vulnerable to assault.
“The ministry is taking this very seriously,” a spokeswoman from the interior ministry told CNN on Monday. “Toxicology tests are being done and the investigation is ongoing.”
Oh. How lovely.
And the level of violence, many of them 'youths,' was shocking on what was supposed to be a triumphantly progressive night.
...A total of 371 individuals were arrested nationwide on the night of June 21, with 89 arrests in Paris alone. Twelve suspects were specifically detained in connection with the syringe attacks.
Many of the arrested people were reportedly minors.
Thirteen members of the security forces were injured, 14 participants in the festivities were seriously injured and about 1,500 people needed medical assistance, including people who fell sick, possibly as a result of the needle attacks.
Social media was flooded with disturbing scenes from across France.
In one video a woman was seen struggling with a group of men, where one man steps in and kicked her violently in the head while she lay on the ground.
In another clip, young women from London were approached by so-called youngsters who call them “Kerba”, a derogatory term in Moroccan meaning “prostitute” or “whore”.
Meanwhile in France 145 people were pricked with syringes and injected with an unknown substance. Over 370 people were detained nationwide for various charges, with 14 festivalgoers seriously injured, including a 17-year-old with stab wounds.pic.twitter.com/sVSwJh85rr
— The Facts Dude (@The_Facts_Dude) June 23, 2025
There's 'culture' and then there's 'cultural differences.'
As some of the events slid into chaos, happy revelers turned to indulging in the classic French art of the car-b-que for entertainment when they weren't busy stabbing or injecting fellow music lovers.
...One of the culprits caught jabbing women was allegedly a man from Bangladesh who was in the country illegally.
According to newspaper Le Parisien, the police reported that four suspects were arrested who were said to have allegedly stabbed around 50 people with syringes in the city of Angoulême.
Police have not disclosed what, if anything, was in the syringes.
In the city of Metz, 10 young girls were attacked with syringes, most of them under 18 years old. One suspect was arrested.
There were also reports of people carrying knives and some stabbing incidents.
Several shops were also looted and there were also robberies.
According to a count by the fire brigade, there were 51 vehicles torched and 39 fires lit on public roads.
What a pig sty they left. Poor guys trying to clean up the next day had their hands full with the mountains of triumphant garbage.
Merci à nos éboueurs qui se remettent en route après une #FêteDeLaMusique bien arrosée 🎶🍻 Malgré une hiérarchie municipale qui fait pour les démotiver, ils tiennent bon ce matin quand Paris a besoin d’eux.
— Aurélien Véron (@aurelien_veron) June 22, 2025
Respect. 👏🏻🧹 pic.twitter.com/1J2qoISu5J
Thanks to our garbage collectors who are getting back on track after a #FêteDeLaMusique well-watered Despite a municipal hierarchy that is trying to demotivate them, they are holding firm this morning when Paris needs them. Respect.
Will Europeans ever get their festivals and fairs back? Their glorious traditional winter markets and their pedestrian malls?
Their peace of mind and the safety in public spaces?
🇫🇷 Chaos at France’s Music Festival 2025 (Fête de la Musique). What was meant to be a night of celebration turned into total mayhem.
— Mayin (@MayinPuri) June 23, 2025
🚨 371 arrests
🩸 6 stabbed, 14 seriously injured
💉 145 reported syringe attacks
🧯 1,500+ minor injuries
🔥 51 vehicles torched
Streets of… pic.twitter.com/TZRbciDf2u
Streets of Paris turned into a battlefield.
For that to happen, individual European nations have to take their countries back. They would have to want to reestablish what it means to be French or German or Dutch, etc. Define what their national culture is, and then decide it's important and precious enough to nurture, cherish, and protect from the triumph of progressivism they are so enjoying right now.
They would have to expel the invaders to whom they have, willingly or no, opened their doors.
That would call for enormous intestinal fortitude the likes of which they do not project, and compel the kind of break-up with the globalist progressives in Brussels who have done everything to strip those very things from them. But upon whom they depend because they have surrendered so much already.
Do they take the shot, or do they continue standing around on a hot summer's evening waiting for the random illegal North African or Middle Eastern refugee to give it to them?
That's a helluva future to have to choose between.
Join the conversation as a VIP Member