Overview
- Bomb teams are handling two buried World War II shells found near the site after stopping a potential blast from the first one.
- The unauthorized festival drew about 17,000 to 20,000 people to a military firing range outside Bourges in central France.
- Authorities deployed up to 600 gendarmes, issued dozens of drug citations, and arrested seven people after clashes at checkpoints.
- Medical teams treated five people in critical condition and 28 with lesser emergencies, with 12 hospital transfers linked largely to drug use.
- Organizers said they staged the “Bourges Teknival” as a protest against a bill before the Senate that would raise penalties for illegal raves to six months in jail and about €30,000 in fines.