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In the age of COVID-19 it could be considered, if not impossible, at least highly unlikely. But there are at least two rave parties with thousands of people who have impacted France me Spain. The young participants, stunned by alcohol and music played without interruption, were fined, in some cases arrested. But the police have been able to do little to stop the delusion.
The last veterans of the 2,500 participants in the two days of “high” techno of a wild rave party have left the Lieuron campaign in Britain. A parade in front of the gendarmes of young people numb from the cold, reeling from fatigue and substance abuse.
Seven people in custody, tens of minutes, many more dear. Since Thursday, the speakers have been playing the notes of techno-music 24 hours a day. The thousands of participants, who came from France and abroad, they paid for admission after booking the underground event for weeks.
All the rules imposed by the pandemic were ignored, starting with the celebration of the party itself with thousands of people on New Year’s Eve. in which the government had imposed on all citizens not to leave and not participate in the slightest meeting, not even in private homes. The situation already seemed so serious on Friday that he put pressure on the interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, to call an emergency meeting on New Years Day night. In a futile attempt to stop the rave, which lasted 36 consecutive hours, three gendarmes were injured after venturing into “chaos”. More than 1,600 completed reports, each with a fine of at least 135 euros for violation of the curfew. Darmanin spoke of “1,255 violations of anti-Covid rules and another 420 violations of the code, 225 of which related to drug use.” Drugs of all kinds have been found in large quantities, confirmed Rennes prosecutor Philippe Astruc.
The lightning investigation led to the arrest, on heavy charges, of the gods. two organizers of the event, two young people of 22 years. The operation seized a large sum of money from the rave proceeds. The audio material that allowed the huge meeting was also seized, mixers, amplifiers, generators. On Thursday, New Year’s Eve, the gendarmes stormed in, attracted by the loud music that was beginning to play but were rebuffed by the “violent reaction of many participants”. A police car had been set on fire, uniformed men injured by throwing stones and bottles. “The action of the state – said the prosecutor, responding to those who pointed out that the police could not prevent the rave from taking place – made it possible to end an illegal party without violence that it has strongly violated public order and opened a judicial investigation capable of avoiding any impunity. The true authority of the State resides in this difficult balance to achieve ”.
Instead, hundreds of people threw a rave party for days at a nearby warehouse. Barcelona according to the Catalan newspaper La Vanguardia, explaining that the video footage shows people dancing without masks. Police interrupted the party for only 36 hours after the first phone calls from concerned citizens. The rave took place in the town of Llinars de Vall, 40 km northwest of Barcelona and according to witnesses there were some a thousand people, with more than 200 vehicles parked outside the warehouse. The party was scheduled to last until January 4. The regional government has announced an investigation to find out why the police reacted so late. The organizers face fines of up to 600,000 euros.
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