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Clashes Erupt at Unauthorized Rave Near Rennes, Four Injured

Police plan a late-morning evacuation of the Corps-Nuds hangar.

Overview

  • An unpermitted music gathering in a transport-company hangar at Corps-Nuds drew more than 500 people overnight near Rennes.
  • Gendarmes and CRS units intervened during the night, and tear gas was deployed around 4 a.m., according to Ouest-France.
  • Participants used mortars and iron bars to push back the intervention, and several gendarmerie vehicles were damaged, authorities said.
  • Three partygoers and one gendarme were injured and taken to Rennes University Hospital, with the officer reporting vision problems after a mortar strike.
  • By about 9 a.m. roughly 500 people remained in a calmer atmosphere, a mobile squad from Vannes was engaged, fines were issued to those leaving, and authorities said the hangar would be cleared later in the morning.