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Eight people at an illegal rave party south of Rennes were slightly injured and hospitalized on the night of Saturday November 2 to Sunday November 3. “Clashes” with “residents”, particularly travelers living next door, occurred during the evening.
Arriving on the evening of Friday, November 1, around 3,000 people took part in a rave party in an abandoned warehouse in Brie (Ille-et-Vilaine), located on the edge of the Rennes-Angers dual carriageway. However, a prefectural ban had been issued, indicates the prefecture in a press release. “During the night, clashes broke out between ravers and local residents, requiring a strong mobilization of state services,” explains the press release. “Eight people had to be evacuated to hospital for minor injuries.” Up to 120 firefighters and around 80 gendarmes were mobilized overnight.
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According to the fire captain present on site, Julien Valdenaire, the first altercations between partygoers and travelers living next to the hangar broke out in the early evening and “the gendarmes intervened to prevent this from leading to numerous victims”. The organizers had stopped the music around 1 a.m., ending the rave. Fourteen people were slightly injured according to the fire captain. Most of the injuries are superficial, wounds and a fracture of the ankle are mentioned. Calm returned on Sunday, November 3 in the morning.
“We found a syringe in our garden”
Thomas, one of the participants, told AFP: “They stoned us to make us leave the hangar, there was a projectile, like a Molotov cocktail, which went over my head.” Malou, another party-goer, agrees: “They blocked the hangar to confine us inside. Those who were outside were stoned.” According to Pierre, another participant, the altercation was predictable. “If you are still there on Saturday evening, we will ruin everything,” people on the trip would have warned the organizers.
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A man identifying himself as belonging to the community living near the hangar gave his version of the facts. According to him, “around ten” people intervened during the night “to protect our children”. “We found a syringe in our garden, it’s not just because of the music,” he told AFP. “Through their casualness and irresponsibility, the organizers endangered the participants, local residents, motorists and the security and emergency forces, both on the site and on the traffic routes,” lamented the prefect.
