“At the beginning of the evening of December 31, several hundred vehicles began to converge on an industrial area in the town of Lieuron to set up a rave party,” the local authority said on Friday.
According to a statement, local police tried to stop the rave, but “faced violent hostility.”
“A police vehicle was set on fire, three other vehicles were damaged, and soldiers were sprayed with bottles and stones, causing minor injuries,” the statement added.
Local authorities say the number of partygoers is “estimated at 2,500, coming from various French and foreign departments”.
The prosecutor’s office has since opened an investigation into the incident, which will be overseen by the search brigade of the local police department.
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