The number of people arrested was not specified by the public prosecutor of Rennes. At the same time, several searches were carried out.
Le Monde
The investigation continues after the illegal party organized for the New Year in Lieuron , south of Rennes. Several people were thus arrested, Agence France-Presse (AFP) learned from the prosecution on Thursday, January 7.
“A judicial police operation was conducted yesterday [Wednesday] under the authority of the two investigating judges in order to find the other organizers of the free-party. Several people were arrested, “Rennes prosecutor Philippe Astruc told AFP.
At the same time , several searches were carried out, the same source added.
A man already indicted
Without a criminal record, a young man of 22, presented by justice as one of the organizers of this wild festival which brought together 2,400 people from the evening of December 31 to Saturday January 2 in the morning, was indicted Monday, in particular for unlawful organization of this event and endangering the other people’s lives. He was taken into custody on Monday in connection with the case.
Several support committees have called for a rally on Saturday in Rennes, to demand the “immediate release” of this man and “to defend the right to party”. “After a particularly difficult year for everyone, thousands of people have expressed a need for life, the time of a New Year’s Eve”, they explained.
Referring in a statement received by the AFP Thursday the defendant imprisoned as well as the new arrests, the Committee of support for the Maskarade of Rennes and the surroundings affirms that they “are presented as irresponsible criminals”. “Very practical to hide the negligence of the government in the management of this [health] crisis and put down any hints of alternative social and cultural life”, assures the committee.
“It is inconceivable to go in prison or in police custody for having made women and men dance! “, according to the committee, which demanded” the immediate release of the accused and the end of the disproportionate prosecutions against the organizers “.