The rave party, which gathered 2 . 500 people in Lieuron, south of Rennes, ended on Saturday morning. – JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP
They wanted to party to forget for a few hours the coronavirus and containment. In an interview with West France, one of the organizers of the rave party, which gathered around 2. 310 people between Thursday evening and Saturday morning in Lieuron south of Rennes, reacted to the controversy aroused by holding this illegal party in the midst of a health crisis. The young man assures to understand “very well that it can shock” but he assumes. “We need to get all this shit out of our minds,” he says. We knew it was against the rules, but we wanted to do it regardless of the consequences. We don’t regret anything, if we had to do it, we would do it again. ” Living in Rennes, this truck driver also claims that prevention stands had been set up to distribute masks and hydroalcoholic gel to the participants of the party. “There was everything you needed,” says the young man. After, whoever wanted to wear his mask, he wore his mask. And the one who did not want to have it, he did not wear it. ” Eight people in custody and 1. 645 verbalizations Following the rave party, which ended on Saturday morning with the intervention of the gendarmes , a judicial inquiry was opened by the Rennes prosecutor’s office. Eight people have so far been arrested. They were still in police custody on Saturday evening. Among them, two young people from 20 years who are
suspected of being among organizers of this illegal party. A search of their home made it possible to seize “a sum of money, appearing at first glance to result from the sharing of the fund for this event”, as well as “narcotics, important sound equipment and a heavy vehicle”, details the public prosecutor of Rennes in a press release.
When the party disperses, 1. 500 offenses were also drawn up “including 1. 190 linked to Covid and 190 linked to the use of narcotics, ”Philippe Astruc said on Saturday evening.