Teen victim of mass festival ‘syringe stabbing' tells of her terror as 145 attacked in assault ‘planned on social media'

Scottish Sun

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A TEENAGE victim in a wave of "syringe stabbings" at a French festival has said the attack left her feeling "sick and scared".
Around 145 revellers, largely teen girls, are said to have been stabbed with hypodermic needles across the weekend sending dozens to hospital.
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France's annual street music festival Fete de la Musique is held across the country
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Nearly 150 people were said to have been stabbed across the country
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One victim - who cannot be identified for legal reasons - was pricked on the back of her left arm in central Paris at the weekend.
Aged just 15, she assaulted at the the country-wide street festival Fête de la Musique (Music Party) on Saturday night.
She told The Sun: "I was absolutely terrified.
"I felt a sharp sensation in my arm, and then realised I'd been attacked with a syringe.
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"My older sister and friends got me to a hospital as quickly, but it was hours before tests could be carried out.
"Thankfully, I was given the all clear, but still felt really ill and scared."
The stabbings happened across France with 13 jabbed in Paris after "unprecedented crowds" hit the capital, according to cops.
Disgusting calls on social media had spread before the festival calling for women to be stabbed, according to Le Monde.
Some victims were taken to hospital for toxicology tests after fears they could have been injected with a mystery poison.
French cops have arrested 12 people over the sick act but none have been been charged, a police source said.
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The sick craze appears to be a revival of a horror nightclub fad where mainly male teenagers intimidated girls with alleged injections of notorious date rape drugs, such as GHB.
Investigating officers and medical experts said the syringes are in fact usually empty and simply used to strike fear into huge groups of people.
Dr. Gérald Kierzek, emergency physician and medical director of health and well-being agency Doctissimo, said the craze for "needlestick attacks in crowds made a comeback this weekend".
He said: "In 2022, a similar movement took place in nightclubs and festivals, causing a fear of GHB attacks."
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The festival is held across France
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The teenage girl described feeling 'scared following the stabbing'
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Dr. Kierzek said the reported "pricks" were rarely made with real syringes, explaining: "They are often compasses, sewing needles, or homemade sharp objects.
"These tools can certainly cause injury, but do not allow for effective injections or true viral transmission."
Dr. Kierzek said it was "theoretically possible" for drugs to be injected into random strangers in crowds but unlikely.
The doctor explained: "Injecting an active substance requires precision, sufficient volume, and hygienic conditions... conditions that are difficult to achieve in a crowd or a concert hall."
In 2021, a terrified student in Nottingham was spiked with a needle in a nightclub.
It came amid reports of other women being injected with a mystery liquid in a string of shock attacks.
University of Nottingham student Zara Owen, 19, was out with friends at Pryzm nightclub on October 11.
She said she entered the club and made her way to the bar - but that is the last thing she can remember before waking up in her bed the next day.